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English: A Thomisus species thomisidae feeding a Junonia almana on a Acmella ciliata flower.

Bosanski: Vrsta Thomisus pauka iz porodice Thomisidae jede leptira Junonia almana na cvijetu Acmella ciliata.

Čeština: Pavouk běžník z čeledi běžníkovití konzumuje babočku Junonia almana na květenství rostliny Acmella ciliata, Kérala, Indie.

English: A Thomisus species thomisidae feeding a Junonia almana on a Acmella ciliata flower.

Español: Una araña cangrejo de la familia thomisidae se alimenta de una mariposa (Junonia almana) en una flor de Acmella ciliata.

Italiano: Un ragno del genere Thomisus mentre si nutre di una farfalla Junonia almana su un fiore di Acmella ciliata.

Magyar: Karolópók táplálkozik a tarkalepkék alcsaládjába tartozó Junonia almanával egy Acmella ciliata virágán

Nederlands: Een krabspin, die een vlinder van de soort Junonia almana eet.

Português: Aranha-caranguejo da família Thomisidae se alimentando de uma borboleta da espécie Junonia almana sobre uma flor de Acmella ciliata.

Македонски: Раковиден пајак од видот Thomisus како јаде пеперутка Junonia almana на цвет од Acmella ciliata.

Русский: Паук-бокоход, поймавший бабочку юнонию на цветке акмеллы.

한국어: 해바라기족 Acmella ciliata 의 꽃 위에서 네발나비과 Junonia almana 에 먹이를 주는 게거미과의 thomisidae.

中文: 一只蟹蛛属的蟹蛛，在天文草(en)花上捕食一只眼蛱蝶。

中文（繁體）‎: 一隻蟹蛛屬的蟹蛛，在天文草(en)花上捕食一隻眼蛺蝶。

এই চিত্রটি ২০১৬-০১-০১ তারিখে বাংলা উইকিপিডিয়ায় আজকের নির্বাচিত চিত্র হিসেবে প্রধান পাতায় স্থান পেয়েছিল।

Thomisus Walckenaer, 1805

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English: A Thomisus species Thomisidae feeding a Junonia almana on a Acmella ciliata flower.

Older females require large amounts of relatively large prey to produce the best possible clutch of eggs. The female is able to undergo white to yellow or pink colour changes depending on the flower they are sitting on. These spiders change color by secreting a liquid yellow pigment into the outer cell layer of the body. This colour change facilitates camouflage on flower ambush sites and is completed within a few days.

They are sedentary spiders and is usually noticed only when one sees a strangely positioned, usually upside down, insect and upon investigation, the insect can be seen to be in the grips of a spider. They wait for flying insects to settle, patient and motionless, with outstretched legs. When the prey is within range, they close their powerful front legs, catching the insect which can be up to 10 times their size. The insect is then bitten behind the head and killed. The insides are dissolved with enzymes and sucked from the exoskeleton and the empty, perfect form of the insect is dropped to the ground.

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Female

Place of discovery

English: Kadavoor, Kerala, India.

Date

21 August 2015

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Jeevan Jose, Kerala, India

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A Thomisus species Thomisidae feeding a Junonia almana on a Acmella ciliata flower. Older females require large amounts of relatively large prey to produce the best possible clutch of eggs. The female is able to undergo white to yellow or pink colour changes depending on the flower they are sitting on. These spiders change color by secreting a liquid yellow pigment into the outer cell layer of the body. This colour change facilitates camouflage on flower ambush sites and is completed within a few days. They are sedentary spiders and is usually noticed only when one sees a strangely positioned, usually upside down, insect and upon investigation, the insect can be seen to be in the grips of a spider. They wait for flying insects to settle, patient and motionless, with outstretched legs. When the prey is within range, they close their powerful front legs, catching the insect which can be up to 10 times their size. The insect is then bitten behind the head and killed. The insides are dissolved with enzymes and sucked from the exoskeleton and the empty, perfect form of the insect is dropped to the ground. Gender Female Place of discovery English: Kadavoor, Kerala, India. Date 21 August 2015

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