Thanatus vulgaris
(Running Crab Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Thanatus vulgaris, commonly known as Running Crab Spider, belongs to the genus Thanatus, in the family Philodromidae. Thanatus vulgaris spiders have been sighted 2 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Thanatus vulgaris includes 2 countries and 0 states in the United States. Thanatus vulgaris is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of January.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Philodromidae
Genus: Thanatus
Species: Thanatus vulgaris

Other Common Names

Running Crab Spider, Cricket Thief Spider

Author

Simon, 1870

Primary Colors

Sightings Overview

There have been 2 confirmed sightings of Thanatus vulgaris (Running Crab Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on August 31, 2018 by Spider ID member rickcwest. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 2 sightings because of certain Thanatus vulgaris sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 50% of the time, Thanatus vulgaris spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 2)
Sex: 1 female and 0 male.
Environment: Thanatus vulgaris has been sighted 2 times outdoors, and 1 times indoors.
Outdoors: High foliage (1). Forest (1).