Thomisidae
(Crab Spiders)

Picture ID 57239

Submitted by:
majik
Submitted: Apr 17, 2019
Photographed: Apr 17, 2019
Spider: Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)
Location: Princeton , British Columbia, Canada
Spotted Indoors: Other
Found in web?: No
Attributes: Dorsal

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BugmanDan

April 17, 2019 4:51 am

Hi. Certainly a crab spider in the Thomisidae family. Something like a ground crab spider, Xysticus genus, bark crab spider Bassaniana genus.

Majik

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Reply to BugmanDan

April 18, 2019 4:24 am

And as for the biting? I saw that first one.. now I’ve seen 3. The last one was attached to me.. my friend had to literally pick him off with more effort than a flick…. freaked me right out@...!tell me more about these things did clearly I have stumbled upon a vortex of them!! U don’t wanna kill anything…but I don’t want them in on and around me either…

BugmanDan

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April 18, 2019 2:02 pm

Sometime they can be numerous, others, not a one, unpredictable. They don’t bite, but can if trapped against skin or between fingers, you feel it, but no harm done. If they chose to hang on flicking them, they may go so far as to hang on using their fangs. I have them crawl on my hands, you can coax them off by giving them something like a leaf to crawl onto, then a gentle touch or scoot to the back legs makes them go forward, doesn’t set off their alarm response. Handled a good may of the crab spiders, even… Read more »