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
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

References

1. "Taxon details Thanatus flavidus Simon, 1875". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
2. "Medicine: Bedbug Hunters". Time. 1929-09-09. Archived from the original on 2009-04-06. Original version, while available, requires subscription, archived copy does not. (Thanatus is misspelled Thanatos in the article.)
3. Learn, Joshua Rapp (21 November 2021). "Some male spiders tie up females to avoid being eaten". New Scientist. No. 3309. p. 18.

• Lorando, N. T. (1929). "A biological method of destroying bedbugs". Scientific Monthly. 29 (3): 265–68. Bibcode:1929SciMo..29..265L.