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title: "Milky Flower Spider"
description: "Zygometis xanthogaster — Insectes et araignées. Zygometis is a genus of spider in the family Thomisidae described by Simon in 1901, containing the sole species Zygometis xanthogaster, or the milky flower spider or white flower spider, with a distribution from Thailand to Australia (including Lord Howe Island)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/milky-flower-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Milky Flower Spider

> Zygometis xanthogaster — Insectes et araignées. Zygometis is a genus of spider in the family Thomisidae described by Simon in 1901, containing the sole species Zygometis xanthogaster, or the milky flower spider or white flower spider, with a distribution from Thailand to Australia (including Lord Howe Island).

- Scientific name: *Zygometis xanthogaster*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1355
- Wikidata: [Q27506158](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27506158)
- iNaturalist taxon: [820689](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/820689)

## Names

- en: Milky Flower Spider

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1187)

## Summary

Zygometis is a genus of spider in the family Thomisidae described by Simon in 1901, containing the sole species Zygometis xanthogaster, or the milky flower spider or white flower spider, with a distribution from Thailand to Australia (including Lord Howe Island). They are ambush predators.

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

## Photo

![Milky Flower Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/milky-flower-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/246870967

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/milky-flower-spider?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).