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title: "Red-tipped Crab Spider"
description: "Sidymella rubrosignata — Insekten & Spinnen. Sidymella rubrosignata is a species of crab spiders found in Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/red-tipped-crab-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red-tipped Crab Spider

> Sidymella rubrosignata — Insekten & Spinnen. Sidymella rubrosignata is a species of crab spiders found in Australia.

- Scientific name: *Sidymella rubrosignata*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1355
- Wikidata: [Q2401595](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2401595)
- iNaturalist taxon: [513054](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/513054)

## Names

- en: Red-tipped Crab Spider

## Countries with the most observations

AU (960)

## Summary

Sidymella rubrosignata is a species of crab spiders found in Australia. It is a common spider, often seen on Dianella plants.
Like all thomisid spiders, it does not make a web, but lies in wait for prey to appear nearby. Their prey is insects, or occasionally other small spiders.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidymella_rubrosignata

## Photo

![Red-tipped Crab Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-tipped-crab-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Isaiah Findley · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141508580

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-tipped-crab-spider?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).