Flower Spider - Diaea evanida
FAMILY THOMISIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about Flower Spiders that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Leg to leg 20mm
- The Flower Spider hides on flower or branch, front four legs ready to seize a visiting insect. Their abdomen is white and yellow in colour, oval shaped and slightly flattened, well camouflaged when it sits on flower. The thorax and all legs are pale green in colour. They have 8 eyes in two rows.
- With her eggs Wait and stealth on flower .........
- A moth just escaped Captured a small beetle.
- Captured a bug. Feeding........
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- On their abdomen, there are the red-pink markings. Those markings are variable between individals.
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- This spider is common in backyards and gardens. We found them all year round in our backyard even in the cool winter in Brisbane.
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- Reference:
- 1. A Guide to Australian Spiders - Densey Clyne, Melbourne, Nelson 1969, p58.
- 2. Diaea spp. - Australian Insect Common Names, 2005.
- 3. Spiders of Australia: An Introduction to Their Classification, Biology & Distribution - Hawkeswood T, Pensoft Pub, 2003, p100.
- 4. Australian Spiders in colour - Ramon Mascord, Reed Books Pty Ltd, 1970, p50
