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34/366: Baby Crab Spider on Candytuft (+3 in notes)

34/366: Baby Crab Spider on Candytuft (+3 in notes)
(3picture above in a note)

Oh, how I love crab spiders. I think they are so funny the way they look as they lay in wait for their meal to come within grasp. They all appear to be telling the same story to anyone who cares to listen, "I once caught a fly THIIIIIIIIIIS BIG!!" :D Too funny!!

One of the cool features of crab spiders is their ability to change colors to match the flower they are hunting on. It takes them several days to closely approximate the color--in this case, I expect this spider came from some yellow flower and if it stays here, will change to a very light beige. I found this youngster hanging out on the edge of a Candytuft blossom in my friend's garden when I visited a couple of years ago.

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17 comments - The latest ones
 William Sutherland
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Incredible macros!
8 years ago.
 Pam J
Pam J club
They amaze me too

Beautiful photo !

Admired in ~ I ♥ Nature
8 years ago. Edited 8 years ago.
 Stan Askew
Stan Askew club
great photo !!!
8 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Beauté et pureté..
Superbe compilation .
8 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Admiré Et apprécié au www.ipernity.com/group/214287
"Fleurs ma passion"
Happy weekend .
8 years ago.
 yokopakumayoko Francesco
yokopakumayoko Franc…
Excellent work!
8 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
First-rate spider images Janet...........spine-tinglingly beautiful :)
8 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
Lovely spider macros, Janet. The first in the notes is a ripper.
8 years ago.
 Henri Boddaerd
Henri Boddaerd
Superb !
8 years ago.
 yokopakumayoko Francesco
yokopakumayoko Franc…
Excellent work!

ADMIRED in:
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8 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Lovely floral image.
Congrats on Explore.
8 years ago.
 yokopakumayoko Francesco
yokopakumayoko Franc…
Beautiful flowers!

Admired in:Flowers on Ipernity.
www.ipernity.com/group/555065
8 years ago.
 Eunice Perkins
Eunice Perkins club
Superb captures!
8 years ago.
 cammino
cammino club
Great series! Bravo!
8 years ago.
 Peggy C
Peggy C club
Ah ..... tomorrow I shall go search my Candytuft for any of these fellows !
7 years ago.

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