White crab spider

Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption

Downsizer Forum Index -> Conservation and Environment

jamanda	White crab spider Not a bad life. It's been sitting in the same rose for 48 hours now.
gz	Is it native to uk?
sean	Yup.
dpack	ace photos cute critter, unless one is a bee? did that go badly for ms buzz?
sean	The victim's a hoverfly. Didn't end well for him/her.
dpack	oooh so it is (was), some have quite a set of jaws but not as difficult a meal as a bee in extremis.
buzzy	As I recall, Gerald Durrell's white crab spiders changed colour (slowly) if moved to a red flower. The hoverfly is probably a species of Eristalis, but they need looking at carefully through a lens to be sure of which one. The spider is probably Misumena vatia, which does indeed change colour depending on which colour flower it is sitting in. This one is a female. Henry
sgt.colon	Great shots! It blends in amazingly well. Did it move after it had eaten?
sean	Nope, still sitting there.
frewen	They are incredible things aren't they! Great photography too
buzzy	Nope, still sitting there.

Well, why move house when the food is delivered to your door?

Henry

wellington womble

I think you should move it. I want to see it go pink! (Is that mean? It’s hardly a matter of life and death for me, and will mean a big upheaval for the spider, but I’d love to see it)

sean

She's gorn.

buzzy

Didn't want a make over! Wink

Henry

sean

Or a bigger predator turned up.

We saw one on the last part of Springwatch on BBC2...fascinating

	Downsizer Forum Index -> Conservation and Environment
Page 1 of 1

Home Home Home Home Home