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Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 59 No. 59 |

Common Crab Spider
Common Crab Spider (Xysticus cristatus) – species of family “Crab Spiders“

Xysticus cristatus, the common crab spider, is a European spider from the family Thomisidae.

Ancestry Graph

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