Tmarus marmoreus

Fact Box Species: Tmarus marmoreus (RM) (or perhaps a closely related thomisid species) Family: Thomisidae Body length: female: 5 mm male: 4 mm Habitat: This species likes to occupy a retreat formed by curling up a green leaf using silk but also may be found on the green leaves of garden shrubs or lush bushland trees where it hunts by ambushing its prey rather than by building any kind of web. Its 'bulging' eyes give it better vision than that possessed by many other thomisids Toxicity: Nothing is known of the toxicity of this spider but it probably is too small to cause illness in humans and does not appear to be at all aggressive anyway

View from front Underneath female Another species? Another view With its prey Side view Another specimen

The shape of the abdomen and the obviously protruding eyes are useful identifying characteristics.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Tmarus cinerascens and Sidymella rubrosignata.