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12-08-2007, 04:17 PM
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| | | ID please .... no, not the Gatekeeper .... the white spider
I was taking some photos of a Gatekeeper this morning (yet more Gatekeeper photos  ) when I noticed this white spider on the same plant.
I am no spider expert but from other images in our Gallery I think it may be a Crab Spider.
Could anyone confirm or contradict please?    
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12-08-2007, 04:24 PM
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| | | Re: ID please .... no, not the Gatekeeper .... the white spider
Certainly looks like a crab spider to me. Great shots too.
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12-08-2007, 04:42 PM
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| | | Re: ID please .... no, not the Gatekeeper .... the white spider
Yep, a female Misumena vatia! |
12-08-2007, 05:10 PM
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| | | Re: ID please .... no, not the Gatekeeper .... the white spider
Many thanks both.
I do not recall seeing one of these before .... a strange creature!
Richard |
12-08-2007, 06:27 PM
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| | | Re: ID please .... no, not the Gatekeeper .... the white spider
If that gatekeeper was a couple of cemtimetres to the left it would hav ebeen an ex-gatekeeper  |
12-08-2007, 06:39 PM
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| | | Re: ID please .... no, not the Gatekeeper .... the white spider
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Originally Posted by Ukwildlifeo  If that gatekeeper was a couple of cemtimetres to the left it would hav ebeen an ex-gatekeeper | Is that right? .... the Crab Spider would have taken the Gatekeeper?
If so, it had a lucky escape as my shadow fell over it and it flew off!
Richard |
12-08-2007, 06:47 PM
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| | | Re: ID please .... no, not the Gatekeeper .... the white spider
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Originally Posted by rlchew Is that right? .... the Crab Spider would have taken the Gatekeeper?
If so, it had a lucky escape as my shadow fell over it and it flew off!
Richard | I think it would have atleast had a go. They sit in flowers (usually the same colour flowers as them) an wait for bees, hoverflys etc. and then pounce. And a butterfly is all wings so the vemon would have acted fast on its small body. Mind you I may be corrected... |
12-08-2007, 07:14 PM
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| | | Re: ID please .... no, not the Gatekeeper .... the white spider
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Originally Posted by Ukwildlifeo They sit in flowers (usually the same colour flowers as them) | They change colour to match the flower - to a point, usually its yellow or variation on yellow.
Takes around 2 weeks to do so.
(why sit on a purple flower? - who knows?)
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12-08-2007, 07:34 PM
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| | | Re: ID please .... no, not the Gatekeeper .... the white spider
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Originally Posted by Venger They change colour to match the flower - to a point, usually its yellow or variation on yellow.
Takes around 2 weeks to do so.
(why sit on a purple flower? - who knows?) | Yes, I've seen 2 yellow ones recently- 1 was on Ragwort flowers + the other on a golden sedge, Carex elata "Aurea" in my garden- great camouflage. Back in the spring in the garden there was a Small White nectaring on a white flowered Dame's Violet when it was taken by a white Misumena. | | |
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