Green crab spider

Diaea dorsata
Crab spiders (Thomisidae)

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A little spider with green legs and breast, the rear body is brown with leaf-like markings and a white-yellow edge.

Found in deciduous woodland or open terrain. In winter sheltering under bark of dead wood sometimes in groups.  The ♂ hold mock fights with each other.

⇔ l. 3-6 mm

LA: 
≈ The ARANIELLA CUCURBITINA (Cucumber green spider) is more rounded and has a green abdomen. 
≈ DIAEA DORSATA (Green crab spider) is completely green with black and white eyes. 
≈ HERIAEUS HIRTUS is green with a white mark on the body and often a pink spot.

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