The Structure and Habits of Spiders

by J. H. Emerton

THOMISIDÆ.

The crab spiders. The body is usually flat, and wide behind. The front two pair of legs are longer than the others, and so bent that the spider can use them when in a narrow crack. Some of them, like crabs, walk better sidewise than forwards. Like the running and jumping spiders, they make no webs for catching food. The eyes are small, and simply arranged in two rows, [Fig. 12].

Fig. 12.