This rather attractive green coloured spider is seen spring through to autumn, on trees and bushes, often in suburban gardens and parks. Double-click to enlarge.
Nigma walckenaeri
This rather attractive green coloured spider is seen spring through to autumn, on trees and bushes, often in suburban gardens and parks. Double-click to enlarge.
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What a cool spider, Pete–I have never seen a green spider. I really like the perspective that you chose for this shot that gives us a great view of its entire body, including the wonderful eyes.
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Thank you very much, Mike! It was a nice surprise. I spotted a mayfly which flew into my box hedge in the backyard, so I gently tapped the hedge over a trug to see if it would pop out, but this spider appeared instead 🙂
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You never know what else is around when you go off in search of a subject, which meant we have to be alert and ready at all times. 🙂
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That green abdomen looks a little fuzzy, too. It certainly is unusual — what a nice find!
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It was a nice find, and unexpected 🙂 One of my favourites of this year.
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A colourful spider…excellent find. Pete!
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Thank you, Indira 🙂
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A brand new spider for me: green is an unusual colour. How large is it?
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They are usually around 5 mm (almost 1/4 in) long, but this one was a little larger.
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Thank you.
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Nice spider and a nice picture, is it common witth you?
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Thank you, Hans. It is a locally common, but seems plentiful in the garden here.
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Lucky you!
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A colourful beauty.
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They are one of my favourites 🙂
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That is a rather well dressed spider! A friend in Oaxaca recently posted a photo of an unfamiliar spider there, which turned out to be a whip scorpion. I don’t know how to share the photo with you, but I’m sure you could look it up online. We have seen many scorpions in Mexico, but this one is quite different.
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That whip scorpion is certainly a looker!
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Oh what a nice spider.
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I am glad you like it 🙂
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Wow, fantastic colours! I never saw one like that before. It is funny, today is spider day in several blogs. I saw a wasp spider. But this one is somewhat cooler with this green body 🙂
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Thank you 🙂 I do really like this one as the colouring is so diffrent from most others 🙂
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Cool find, Pete. Love the color and it’s always a good shot when you get to see the eyes. Lately most of the spiders I’ve found, none of which are as colorful as this one, have their heads down and I have to either lie down or squat to angle up into their eyes.
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Thank you, Steve. It can be tricky to get the eyes in, which I always like to do with any creature shot. Sometimes the way they protect themselves the legs can get in the way.
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Yes, I was trying to get a shot of the eyes on a large orbweaver last night and the legs were almost completely blocking the eyes.
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I don’t think I’ve ever seen a green spider – it’s fabulous!
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Thank you, Eliza 🙂
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Such a pretty one. The variety of spiders is truly amazing.
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It is quite pretty, and one of the more colourful here.
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A very attractive spider. Nicely done!
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Thank you, Belinda 🙂
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