SURESH P. BENJAMIN
Geraesta
Sign in to saveGeraesta is a genus of African crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3
- Family
- Thomisidae
- Collections
- MCZ, ARC-PPRI, USNM
- Recorded in
- Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The, South Africa
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- Life style
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Species
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Geraesta is a genus of African crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1889.
==Life style== Geraesta congoensis are plant-dwellers more commonly found on shrubs and herbs, but occasionally also from tree canopies. With their green colour they are well camouflaged and blend in with the vegetation.
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