Theridiid Spider
Ventral, ~5mm
Adelaide Hills
Blood-spattered Crab Spider
Abdomen
 
                      
Blood-spattered Crab Spider (Australomisidia cruentata)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Spiders, Scorpions, Mites & Ticks (Arachnida)
Order: Spiders (Araneae)
Family: Crab Spider (Thomisidae)
Species: Blood-spattered Crab Spider (Australomisidia cruentata)
This Photo:     Head
Synonym: Diaea sp
Other name: Blood-spattered Diaea

General Species Information:
Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere

Copyright © 2011-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 22-Aug-2011
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.