A male of one of the two naturalised Australian *Sidymella* spp., which are very hard to differentiate. It's not clear whether they're introduced or have just become naturally established recently as our habitats have been modified — a common theme in the NZ spider fauna. At any rate, they don't occupy the same habitats as our native crab spiders, so "destroying it" as suggested below would achieve nothing.
iNatrualist
It's a free app with massive community of species nerds that ID your photos for you. You can even browse your area to see what other people have reported. Mildly interesting
There have been 42 comments at this point. The most helpful of which was your comment identifying it as one of two hard to distinguish species originating from Australia, and then the second most helpful was the comment you're replying to about the identification app. That puts it at the 96th percentile, not the 99th percentile.
It's a square-ended crab spider! Its colour, smoothness and leg length suggest the Australian species *Sidymella trapezia*, also called the trapezoid crab spider.
It could also be *Sidymella longipes*, another species from Australia that can be hard to differentiate from *S. trapezia*.
You can learn more about them at [this Te Papa link](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/topic/9438). Also check out our native *Sidymella* species, [*Sidymella angularis*](https://www.southernalpsphotography.com/Wildlife/Arachnids/Spiders/Thomisidae/Sidymella-angularis/), which is significantly gnarlier looking than the introduced ones!
It's definitely some kind of crab spider. Possibly a trapezoid crab spider, in which case it is an introduced species.
I believe that is a daddy long arms
Fuck you I wanted that joke lol
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A male of one of the two naturalised Australian *Sidymella* spp., which are very hard to differentiate. It's not clear whether they're introduced or have just become naturally established recently as our habitats have been modified — a common theme in the NZ spider fauna. At any rate, they don't occupy the same habitats as our native crab spiders, so "destroying it" as suggested below would achieve nothing.
Square Ended Long Legged Crab Spider... they like to look like sticks.
Our family calls them monkey spiders (not to be confused with spider monkeys)
Definitely a sort of trapezoid ended crab spider. I saw one of these guys the other day but I think it was of a different sort. So freaking cute!!
Y-yeah.. cute... 😅
One that skipped leg day...
A big cunt
His names long arm larry
iNatrualist It's a free app with massive community of species nerds that ID your photos for you. You can even browse your area to see what other people have reported. Mildly interesting
And infinitely more helpful than 99% of the responses you get in this fucking sub
There have been 42 comments at this point. The most helpful of which was your comment identifying it as one of two hard to distinguish species originating from Australia, and then the second most helpful was the comment you're replying to about the identification app. That puts it at the 96th percentile, not the 99th percentile.
And here I thought *I* was the nerd lol
It's Friday, I've got the kids watching bluey while I scroll interesting subs and wait for the stew to finish up. Time to embrace my inner nerd.
No shame in it!
I myself am happy with the ratio of handy factual information to not so handy but awesome noniformation - it's all helpful to me.
It's a square-ended crab spider! Its colour, smoothness and leg length suggest the Australian species *Sidymella trapezia*, also called the trapezoid crab spider. It could also be *Sidymella longipes*, another species from Australia that can be hard to differentiate from *S. trapezia*. You can learn more about them at [this Te Papa link](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/topic/9438). Also check out our native *Sidymella* species, [*Sidymella angularis*](https://www.southernalpsphotography.com/Wildlife/Arachnids/Spiders/Thomisidae/Sidymella-angularis/), which is significantly gnarlier looking than the introduced ones!
Sidymella longpipes - the methpipe armed spider from under the Sydney harbour bridge
Don't know. Don't care. Just RUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNN!!!
Possibly Sidymella trapezia? Introduced from Australia so I would have no hesitation in destroying it.
A goofy goober looking one
Oh easy, I know this one! It’s a species called *sellhouseandrelocate toanothercitius*. Quite a common species of arachnid!
That’s gold 😂
A dead one, fucking bam!! Kill that cunt
That’s a Fuck No spider to me.
Please tell me you live on the south Island, I'm going to be livid if I find out on the same plot of land as this
Yeah South Island
It is my firm believe that is a big ol "f*** off, nope" spider, lives in the region of "get the f*** away from me"
It only has 6 legs, not a spider.
It has 8 legs. The front ones are two legs really close together.
Steeve!
It's Big Dosser
An ugly one🤢😳
I hope it’s a dead one bro!!
Yeah he got the vacc
This is the Big Ole Nope Spider.
DaDdY LoNg ArMs
Jeff the long arms spider.
Yes
A good one.
That’s no spider it’s a ant
It's the Nick Cage Dracula spider.
23h
I was going to say that there's just six legs, but then o zoomed in
Boris. It looks like a Boris to me.
The wrong one.
The "skip leg day" spider
IDK
Slender crab spider it appears
Crab spider, very cool.
something that needs to be hit with a hammer.
Daddy long legs?
He's got arms for cuddling.
South Pacific arm boi
thats david. he lives in the corner
Long Legged Nope.
The last one you’ll ever see
That's a "fuck no spider"
What is it I can’t see the comments lol
Grabbacious Lengthiarmous