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A interesting species that is shaped and even moves like a crab, they have eight eyes in two rows. The female crab spider can change its colour within a day to help blend in to its surroundings, so finding a crab spider in the wild is not so easy as they are so well camouflaged, so I often find these spiders not by site, but the unmistakable, continuos sound of a large bee or fly, in distress, which has been caught by the spider. Butterflies captured which have visited a flower are easier to find. Although small the crab spider is not afraid of tackling prey larger than itself, it uses its front two pairs of legs which are spiny to capture its prey, and is a very patient, successful hunter.
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