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title: "Brown Flower Spider"
description: "Camaricus formosus — Insecten en spinnen. Camaricus formosus is a species of crab spider in the family Thomisidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/brown-flower-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Brown Flower Spider

> Camaricus formosus — Insecten en spinnen. Camaricus formosus is a species of crab spider in the family Thomisidae.

- Scientific name: *Camaricus formosus*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 427
- Wikidata: [Q2269263](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2269263)
- iNaturalist taxon: [320756](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/320756)

## Names

- en: Brown Flower Spider

## Countries with the most observations

HK (165), CN (18), IN (18), MO (4)

## Summary

Camaricus formosus is a species of crab spider in the family Thomisidae. It was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887 and is the type species of the genus Camaricus.
The species is widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Agnes Trekker · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/225211871

## Machine access

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