this little creature’s body is approximately 1/4″ long. It likes to stay in the bathroom. When threatened, it holds up its front two legs as a defensive posture. But since I have let it stay, it has less tendency to assume defensive posture.
Did you ever find anything more? I found just one such little creature in my kitchen & yeah, when I put a jar over …. they put up their dukes, ready to rumble.
Can’t seem to find any such pic on this site except this one you’ve added. The spitting image.
Haven’t had any luck. Since then, my little friend has disappeared. Probably realized not enough food and too much steam to live comfortably. Hopefully it will come back soon.
It was a Crab Spider in family Thomisidae. I don’t recognize it more specifically. They put their first pair of legs up for several reasons. Yes, I’ve seen them do it to look bigger to predators like yours did. They do it as part of their camouflage, to align their legs with the linear flow of images around them. Most of all, that is part of hunting. Their strategy is to camouflage where prey will go and sit still. To be ready to grab a flying and/or stinging insect before it can act they have their legs prepositioned to grab… Read more »
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this little creature’s body is approximately 1/4″ long. It likes to stay in the bathroom. When threatened, it holds up its front two legs as a defensive posture. But since I have let it stay, it has less tendency to assume defensive posture.
Did you ever find anything more? I found just one such little creature in my kitchen & yeah, when I put a jar over …. they put up their dukes, ready to rumble.
Can’t seem to find any such pic on this site except this one you’ve added. The spitting image.
Haven’t had any luck. Since then, my little friend has disappeared. Probably realized not enough food and too much steam to live comfortably. Hopefully it will come back soon.
It was a Crab Spider in family Thomisidae. I don’t recognize it more specifically. They put their first pair of legs up for several reasons. Yes, I’ve seen them do it to look bigger to predators like yours did. They do it as part of their camouflage, to align their legs with the linear flow of images around them. Most of all, that is part of hunting. Their strategy is to camouflage where prey will go and sit still. To be ready to grab a flying and/or stinging insect before it can act they have their legs prepositioned to grab… Read more »