Thomisus onustus
(Pink Crab Spider)

Featured spider picture The spider species Thomisus onustus, commonly known as Pink Crab Spider, belongs to the genus Thomisus, in the family Thomisidae. Thomisus onustus spiders have been sighted 10 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Thomisus onustus includes 4 countries and 0 states in the United States. Thomisus onustus is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Thomisus
Species: Thomisus onustus

Other Common Names

Pink Crab Spider

Author

Charles Athanase Walckenaer, 1805

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Sightings Overview

There have been 10 confirmed sightings of Thomisus onustus (Pink Crab Spider), with the most recent sighting submitted on August 8, 2019 by Spider ID member paulgandesa. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 10 sightings because of certain Thomisus onustus sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 44% of the time, Thomisus onustus spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 9)
Sex: 4 female and 0 male.
Environment: Thomisus onustus has been sighted 9 times outdoors, and 2 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (2). On flower (5). Low foliage (2).