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Tmarus cinerascens (Crab spider)

Face on

A small grey crab spide able to run quickly and camouflage itself on paperbarks and other light coloured barks. Hunts on shrubs in the daylight.

Tmarus sp
Body length 7mm. Observed in a garden in The Gap Brisbane. Photo: Robert Whyte

From above


Tmarus sp
Photo: Robert Whyte

Raising abdomen


This spider has a habit of raising its abdomen displaying the diamond shaped dark mark on the undersurface. This the "threat display".

Tmarus sp
Photo: Robert Whyte

Displaying underneath of abdomen


Tmarus sp
Photo: Robert Whyte

Close up of face


Tmarus sp
Photo: Robert Whyte