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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 301 No. 301 |

Eurasian Running Crab Spider
Eurasian Running Crab Spider (Philodromus dispar) – species of family “Running Crab Spiders“

Philodromus dispar is a philodromid crab spider found on trees and bushes. It is an agile hunter. The female of the species is variable in size and colour. The male is shiny and iridescent black or dark brown with white edges.

Ancestry Graph

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„Eurasian Running Crab Spider“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily