Coriarachne utahensis? (just a guess)
1/4"
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Opisthothelae
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True
Spiders)
No Taxon (Ecribellate Spiders)
Family Thomisidae
(Crab Spiders)
Female Crab Spider tucked inside the webbing on my clothes hamper in Taylorsville, UT. © Carol Davis, 9-20-07
Tiny Male Crab Spider waiting in a thin crack in the wood with a trip-line wrapped around his
leg. The swollen palps indicates this spider in Taylorsville, UT is a male. Checked back on this
spider a few days later and found he was hanging there to do a molt. © Carol Davis, 4-8-07
Female Crab Spider tucked inside the webbing on my clothes hamper in Taylorsville, UT. © Carol Davis, 9-20-07
Tiny Male Crab Spider waiting in a thin crack in the wood with a trip-line wrapped around his
leg. The swollen palps indicates this spider in Taylorsville, UT is a male. Checked back on this
spider a few days later and found he was hanging there to do a molt. © Carol Davis, 4-8-07
This particular type of crab spider
likes to hide under bark but I found this one inside myhouse in the spring--I guess it was searching for a mate. Other more colorful crab spiders
can be found sitting in the middle of flowers waiting to nab flying insects searching for pollen.
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