Leaf crab spider (Diaea dorsata) reaches sexual maturity in the summer. It is a forest dweller, especially fond of forest edges, where we can find it on the leaves of trees or shrubs.
The leaf crab spider is a patient hunter, which, like other crab spiders, waits for prey in ambush. In constant readiness it remains motionless on a leaf, then it swiftly pounces on the unwary insect that has come to rest near the spider.
The leaf crab spider is a small spider. The female's body is 5 to 6 mm long, the male's body 3 to 4 mm. The cephalothorax and legs of the female are grass-green in color, her abdomen is dark brown with a pattern of lighter spots and stripes, along each side of the abdomen she also has a whitish band. The male is overall more brownish; his cephalothorax is brownish, the legs are greenish-brown with brown spots.
