Crab spider

Fact Box Species: Boomerangia dimidiata (Identification as shown below) Family: Thomisidae Body length: female: 4 mm male: about 3.5 mm Habitat: The colour scheme of this species allows it to hide on green leaves or in flowers and to catch insects by stealth. It may also be found in a retreat formed from a rolled up green leaf, especially when it is guarding its eggs Toxicity: Too small to harm a human

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Formerly considered to be a Diaea species this spide was given the above name in 2014 by P. Szymkowiak in Annales of Zoologici Warszawa, Volume 64, pages 333-477.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Tharrhalea evanida and Zygometis xanthogaster.