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title: "Hi-browed Crab Spider"
description: "Stephanopis altifrons — Insetos e aranhas. Stephanopis altifrons is a species of crab spider found in Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/hi-browed-crab-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hi-browed Crab Spider

> Stephanopis altifrons — Insetos e aranhas. Stephanopis altifrons is a species of crab spider found in Australia.

- Scientific name: *Stephanopis altifrons*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 797
- Wikidata: [Q2734183](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2734183)
- iNaturalist taxon: [713422](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/713422)

## Names

- en: Hi-browed Crab Spider

## Countries with the most observations

AU (206)

## Summary

Stephanopis altifrons is a species of crab spider found in Australia. The body length may reach up to 10 and 6 mm in the female and male, respectively. The colour is usually brown, or shades of grey, and sometimes black. The egg sac is 7.5 mm in diameter. Often hidden in crevices of tree bark, it is irregular in shape and camouflaged with the debris. Eggs are off-white, 25 to 30 in number. The female rests with the eggs. The food of this spider appears to be other spiders. Recorded prey include members of the families Salticidae and Hersiliidae.

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

## Photo

![Hi-browed Crab Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/hi-browed-crab-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brodie and Yasmin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/99175750

## Machine access

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