Slender crab spiders
Scientific name: Tibellus
Slender crab spiders
Scientific name: Tibellus
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Description
Adult members of this genus can reach 4 - 15 mm of length. The basic color of the body is light brown or pale yellow. It is elongate and slender (hence the common name), the carapace (prosoma) and the cylindrical abdomen (opisthosoma) show a large brown stripe in the midline of the back. The long and thin legs are more or less equal in length and they usually are stretched out along grass stems or leaves, the first two pairs forwardly directed. They generally have eight black equal-sized eyes in two horizontal rows of four each, with posterior median ones close to each other.
Species of Slender crab spiders
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Arthropods Class
Arachnids Order
Spiders Family
Running crab spiders Genus
Slender crab spiders