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Oxytate (grass crab spiders, green crab spiders) Life
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Oxytate, previously known as Dieta, is long
and slender and colouration varies from pale cream to translucent green
sometimes freckled with lighter spots. The female's shape and colour afford
effective camouflage among grasses and stems. Oxytate rests on grass with
anterior legs outstretched forward and hind legs next to the body holding on.
Text by Norman Larsen
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