Xysticus cristatus (Clerck 1757) (Family Thomisidae)


Male

Female

Length: Male 3-5.6mm, Female 4.4-9.2mm
Egg Spiderling Adult
(Earliest: 4.7) ? Spring - Summer
(Earliest: 1.3)

Biotopes:
Meadows
Food:
Lepidoptera

Other Insecta
Egg Parasitoids:
Trychosis legator

Trychosis tristator
Predators:
Trypoxylon attenuatum

Spider and Harvestman Recording Scheme (UK): Xysticus cristatus
Araneae Spinnen Europas: Xysticus cristatus
Nature Spot: Xysticus cristatus


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