Crab Spider

in life •  7 years ago 

Crab Spider

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scientific name


(Xysticus cristatus)

Name meaning


Xysticus is from Greek word which means scraper.
cristatus is actually from Latin language which means crested.

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Habitat


They live in low vegetation or at ground levels in a wide variety of situations from heathland to hedgerows.

Resident


They are very common and found Britain and northern Europe.
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Very scary spidy...nice captures and amazing info.

these guys exist in africa as Sparassidae

I also believe these spiders can jump. I live in NW Washington and we have them too. They look like ticks, yuck!