Thanatus flavidus

Thanatus flavidus is a spider in the family Philodromidae, native to Greece, Ukraine and European Russia.^[1] It has been noted for hunting bedbugs.^[2] The males have been filmed biting the females legs, binding her body with silk and mating. Once mating has finished the male runs away.^[3]

Thanatus flavidus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Philodromidae
Genus:	Thanatus
Species:	T. flavidus
Binomial name
Thanatus flavidus Simon, 1875[1]

See also

• List of Philodromidae species