Crab spider

Fact Box Species: Stephanopis barbipes (RM) Family: Thomisidae Body length: female: 5 mm male: 3.5 mm Habitat: On the dry bark of tree trunks Toxicity: Unknown; may be too small to cause illness in humans

Preserved males Living male Another male Living female

This spider has brown camouflage to match the colour of the bark on which it resides. The male also has very distinctive black brushes on the tibia of the first pair of legs.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Sidymella trapezia and several other Sidymella species.