Subject: What is this?
Geographic location of the bug: Johannesburg, South Africa
Date: 03/06/2018
Time: 04:18 AM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: Found this bug outside my garage on a wall. Looks like a horn on the back with long antennas
How you want your letter signed: J
Dear J,
This is quite an unusual looking Spider, but we have not had any luck with its identity. We will continue to research this matter.
Update: Cesar Crash of Insetologia posted a comment indicating this looks like a Crab Spider in the genus Tmarus, but the FlickR posting he directed us to is not from South Africa, but rather from Portugal. Though the submitted Spider is very delicate looking for a Crab Spider, the front two pairs of legs are considerably longer than the rear two pairs, which is a good indication the family Thomisidae is correct.
I think it’s Tmarus or, at least, related:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4679845582
Wow. Good job Cesar. Thanks.
They have Tmarus species, but some lack images: https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3744/Tmarus
We have Tmarus in the Americas,
https://bugguide.net/node/view/405899/bgpage
there are some in Insetologia, I recognized it so, not a job 🙂
They have Tmarus species, but some lack images: https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3744/Tmarus
We have Tmarus in the Americas,
https://bugguide.net/node/view/405899/bgpage
there are some in Insetologia, I recognized it so, not a job 🙂
I think it’s Tmarus or, at least, related:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/4679845582