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title: "Square-ended Crab Spider"
description: "Sidymella angularis — Insecten en spinnen. Sidymella angularis (also known as the common square-ended crab spider), is a species of crab spider endemic to New Zealand."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/square-ended-crab-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Square-ended Crab Spider

> Sidymella angularis — Insecten en spinnen. Sidymella angularis (also known as the common square-ended crab spider), is a species of crab spider endemic to New Zealand.

- Scientific name: *Sidymella angularis*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1314
- Wikidata: [Q2385943](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2385943)
- iNaturalist taxon: [397156](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/397156)

## Names

- en: Square-ended Crab Spider

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (711)

## Summary

Sidymella angularis (also known as the common square-ended crab spider), is a species of crab spider endemic to New Zealand. 
Like all thomisid spiders, this species does not make a web, but lies in wait for prey to appear nearby. It eats insects, or occasionally other small spiders. It lives in leaf litter on the forest floor or in low vegetation. A closely-related and similar species S. angulata has the same range and habitat.

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

## Photo

![Square-ended Crab Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/square-ended-crab-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carey_Knox_Southern_Scales · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/164363684

## Machine access

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