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Gardening in mediterranean climates => Wildlife in the garden (birds, butterflies, and how to attract them) => Topic started by: Umbrian on July 22, 2018, 05:42:46 AM

Title: Lurking danger.
Post by: Umbrian on July 22, 2018, 05:42:46 AM
Whilst helping in a friend's garden yesterday I spotted this poor bee that had been trapped on the flower of a Gaura by a completely white spider - Misumena vatia I think.... '
Title: Re: Lurking danger.
Post by: Pallas on August 23, 2018, 03:05:16 PM
Amazing photo, well done!
Title: Re: Lurking danger.
Post by: MikeHardman on August 23, 2018, 08:27:51 PM
It is very neat, how these crab spiders can (given a little time) change colour to match their flower. But just as often, in my experience, they are a contrasting colour. Here's a whitish one in a white and purple petunia, in a window box at a hotel in Lemithou (Troodos). You can see he's up for a fight with me or my camera!

Mike