CLOSED: Red back spider with black marking

Birmingham, United Kingdom

I took a photo of this spider whilst I was on holiday in Malta. I have had a quick look on Google to see if I can find it but I haven't managed to identify it as yet and was wondering if anyone could offer their expertise in identifying what kind of spider it is?

Thumbnail by SpiderPig
Sinks Grove, WV

It's a crab spider (family Thomisidae); namely Synaema globosum - see http://tinyurl.com/2g42al5 for an image. This spider also comes in yellow and orange variants - see http://tinyurl.com/2fy4vlz for another example from Malta.

This message was edited Jul 4, 2010 6:03 PM

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Thank you Suunto :o)

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