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OTish - White Spider
Took this photo a little while ago. I've never seen a "white" spider
like this before and can't find anything in my library or online to ID it. Can anyone (Spider perhaps) help me? http://rivendell.org.uk/galleries/di...127&fullsize=1 (Incidentally, I'm getting the hang of this "new" camera now) Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling from the asylum formerly known as the dry end of Swansea Bay. |
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OTish - White Spider
On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 14:55:48 +0100, Jake
wrote: Took this photo a little while ago. I've never seen a "white" spider like this before and can't find anything in my library or online to ID it. Can anyone (Spider perhaps) help me? http://rivendell.org.uk/galleries/di...127&fullsize=1 (Incidentally, I'm getting the hang of this "new" camera now) A bit more online hunting and I think I've identified the little creature as a white crab spider. Never seen one before though. Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling from the asylum formerly known as the dry end of Swansea Bay. |
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On 02/06/2012 14:55, Jake wrote:
Took this photo a little while ago. I've never seen a "white" spider like this before and can't find anything in my library or online to ID it. Can anyone (Spider perhaps) help me? http://rivendell.org.uk/galleries/di...127&fullsize=1 (Incidentally, I'm getting the hang of this "new" camera now) Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling from the asylum formerly known as the dry end of Swansea Bay. Lovely pic, Jake! Your spider is Misumena vatia, a Thomisid (Crab) spider. It hunts by stealth, creeping up on its victims and 'hugging' them with those handsome front legs before chomping on them. It uses its silk for egg sacs, and the male also uses it at mating time to pin his chosen lady down. For that reason, it is sometimes referred to as a 'bridal veil'. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:02:51 +0100, Spider wrote:
Lovely pic, Jake! Your spider is Misumena vatia, a Thomisid (Crab) spider. It hunts by stealth, creeping up on its victims and 'hugging' them with those handsome front legs before chomping on them. It uses its silk for egg sacs, and the male also uses it at mating time to pin his chosen lady down. For that reason, it is sometimes referred to as a 'bridal veil'. Thanks Spider and Chris. Initially, never having seen a white spider before, I thought it was some sort of albino mutant and searching on that, rather than the simpler "white" denied me the more appropriate search results. Just after the photo was taken it walked off sideways, just like a crab, and hung under the flower, where it is still hanging some hours later. Must be very patient! I was actually very surprised at the photo - the most detailed I've managed so far. Since forking out for this camera I haven't really had the time to properly "experiment" with it. Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling from the asylum formerly known as the dry end of Swansea Bay. |
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On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:58:58 +0100, Jake
wrote: Initially, never having seen a white spider before, I thought it was some sort of albino mutant and searching on that, rather than the simpler "white" denied me the more appropriate search results. To look at that the other way around, are there any albino spiders apart from Crab spiders? Steve -- Neural Network Software. http://www.npsl1.com EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. http://www.easynn.com SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. http://www.swingnn.com JustNN. Just Neural Networks. http://www.justnn.com |
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On 03/06/2012 11:41, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:58:58 +0100, wrote: Initially, never having seen a white spider before, I thought it was some sort of albino mutant and searching on that, rather than the simpler "white" denied me the more appropriate search results. To look at that the other way around, are there any albino spiders apart from Crab spiders? Steve There are other white spiders, but afaik they are not albino forms of their species. A favourite spider of mine, Enoplognatha ovata, has 3 different white-based colourations: 1st colouration is white (often with tiny black dots, esp. on the median line), 2nd colouration is white with a raspberry red median line. 3rd colouration is white with a broad raspberry median line. Sometimes this presents as two concerging bands with white ground colour in the centre. All 3 colourations can come from one egg sac, hence they are not given separate sp. names. http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=eno...mgrefurl=http: -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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Jake wrote in
: On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:02:51 +0100, Spider wrote: Lovely pic, Jake! Your spider is Misumena vatia, a Thomisid (Crab) spider. It hunts by stealth, creeping up on its victims and 'hugging' them with those handsome front legs before chomping on them. It uses its silk for egg sacs, and the male also uses it at mating time to pin his chosen lady down. For that reason, it is sometimes referred to as a 'bridal veil'. Thanks Spider and Chris. Initially, never having seen a white spider before, I thought it was some sort of albino mutant and searching on that, rather than the simpler "white" denied me the more appropriate search results. Just after the photo was taken it walked off sideways, just like a crab, and hung under the flower, where it is still hanging some hours later. Must be very patient! I was actually very surprised at the photo - the most detailed I've managed so far. Since forking out for this camera I haven't really had the time to properly "experiment" with it. Cheers, Jake ======================================= Urgling from the asylum formerly known as the dry end of Swansea Bay. Looks to me like you have got the hang of that camera. Nice pic. Baz |
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