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**brurdefdoro** · 07-25-2010, 06:44 PM

Here is a crab-spider on a peppermint inforescence having its meal...at my girlfriend's appartment...!!!! She hates spiders, but I love them...LOL!

**prmnwoks** · 07-25-2010, 08:22 PM

Cool. I wonder if these spiders have the ability to influence the color of their exoskeleton depending on which plant they make their home. For example, the crab spiders always seem to be excellently camoflagued to the flower they are found on. The bright white ones are always found on daisys and similarly white flowers. Are they raised on these plants, and therefore have the correct color genes, or do they "seek out" these plants once they leave their mother after birth. Can they tell what color plant they are on? I love invertebrates!

Nice hover fly this one has too! I love hover flies. I could watch them in my garden for hours.

**Ubgvuncd** · 07-26-2010, 12:08 AM

Beautiful spider! ...but scary!

**Heclailia** · 07-26-2010, 12:09 AM

Nice colored spider (purple stripes)!

Ramon

**suidinguilelf** · 07-26-2010, 12:41 AM

Beautiful and deadly! Nice shots too.

**vNGiDaFX** · 07-26-2010, 12:45 AM

Cool photo!

**brurdefdoro** · 07-26-2010, 03:31 AM

Thanks guys!!!

cdub I do not have the answers to your questions but I'd love to have them one day....hehe... The only thing I know is that once they are removed from the desired flower they seem unable to obtain the colour of the other flower they are moved to, but this fact needs to be clarified. Also, they can adjust their colour some tones lower and some tones higher than the colour of the flower. Some say they can adjust perfectly to any colour, but I have no idea if it is true....

**rXpX** · 07-26-2010, 05:17 AM

Good photos, especially #2.

**Enfotanab** · 07-26-2010, 05:56 AM

Survival of the fitest!

**kertUtire** · 07-26-2010, 01:22 PM

Oh god I hate spiders. That is either a small spider or a huge bee!

Great photography though.

**vNGiDaFX** · 07-26-2010, 06:24 PM

It's a hover fly! I like hoverflies but everybody's got to eat!

**12Cickprior** · 07-26-2010, 06:59 PM

you sure it's a hoverfly/sweatbee/syrphid fly? i can't tell.

syrphid larva eat lots and lots of aphids but look kinda like caterpillars.

**Gulauur** · 07-27-2010, 07:37 AM

Great pics Thanasis: bravo!!!! Jean

**Fdhwzctl** · 07-27-2010, 01:11 PM

Cool!

**brurdefdoro** · 07-28-2010, 01:15 AM

thank you all for the comments!

Eric and likespahs are right... it is a fly mimicing a bee.... or a bee-wannabe fly...! You can see this from the insect's eyes...!

**mvjvz** · 07-28-2010, 07:51 PM

beautiful spider! all the ones here are white or yellow.

**brurdefdoro** · 07-29-2010, 12:53 AM

Hmmmm.....

I saw the other day another small brown crab-spider sitting in between the rotten flowers on the same plant, but did not take a photo of it....! It was very tiny...! (maybe this explains the colour????)

**vNGiDaFX** · 07-29-2010, 06:05 PM

Ah-ha!

07-25-2010, 06:44 PM	#1
brurdefdoro Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 528 Senior Member	crab spider.... Here is a crab-spider on a peppermint inforescence having its meal...at my girlfriend's appartment...!!!! She hates spiders, but I love them...LOL! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-25-2010, 08:22 PM	#2
prmnwoks Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 372 Senior Member	Cool. I wonder if these spiders have the ability to influence the color of their exoskeleton depending on which plant they make their home. For example, the crab spiders always seem to be excellently camoflagued to the flower they are found on. The bright white ones are always found on daisys and similarly white flowers. Are they raised on these plants, and therefore have the correct color genes, or do they "seek out" these plants once they leave their mother after birth. Can they tell what color plant they are on? I love invertebrates! Nice hover fly this one has too! I love hover flies. I could watch them in my garden for hours. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-26-2010, 12:08 AM	#3
Ubgvuncd Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 643 Senior Member	Beautiful spider! ...but scary! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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Heclailia Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 470 Senior Member	Nice colored spider (purple stripes)! Ramon Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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suidinguilelf Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 409 Senior Member	Beautiful and deadly! Nice shots too. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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vNGiDaFX Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 512 Senior Member	Cool photo! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-26-2010, 03:31 AM	#7
brurdefdoro Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 528 Senior Member	Thanks guys!!! cdub I do not have the answers to your questions but I'd love to have them one day....hehe... The only thing I know is that once they are removed from the desired flower they seem unable to obtain the colour of the other flower they are moved to, but this fact needs to be clarified. Also, they can adjust their colour some tones lower and some tones higher than the colour of the flower. Some say they can adjust perfectly to any colour, but I have no idea if it is true.... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-26-2010, 05:17 AM	#8
rXpX Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 614 Senior Member	Good photos, especially #2. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-26-2010, 05:56 AM	#9
Enfotanab Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 398 Senior Member	Survival of the fitest! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-26-2010, 01:22 PM	#10
kertUtire Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 392 Senior Member	Oh god I hate spiders. That is either a small spider or a huge bee! Great photography though. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-26-2010, 06:24 PM	#11
vNGiDaFX Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 512 Senior Member	It's a hover fly! I like hoverflies but everybody's got to eat! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-26-2010, 06:59 PM	#12
12Cickprior Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 534 Senior Member	you sure it's a hoverfly/sweatbee/syrphid fly? i can't tell. syrphid larva eat lots and lots of aphids but look kinda like caterpillars. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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Gulauur Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 595 Senior Member	Great pics Thanasis: bravo!!!! Jean Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-27-2010, 01:11 PM	#14
Fdhwzctl Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 468 Senior Member	Cool! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-28-2010, 01:15 AM	#15
brurdefdoro Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 528 Senior Member	thank you all for the comments! Eric and likespahs are right... it is a fly mimicing a bee.... or a bee-wannabe fly...! You can see this from the insect's eyes...! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-28-2010, 07:51 PM	#16
mvjvz Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 590 Senior Member	beautiful spider! all the ones here are white or yellow. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-29-2010, 12:53 AM	#17
brurdefdoro Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 528 Senior Member	Hmmmm..... I saw the other day another small brown crab-spider sitting in between the rotten flowers on the same plant, but did not take a photo of it....! It was very tiny...! (maybe this explains the colour????) Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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07-29-2010, 06:05 PM	#18
vNGiDaFX Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 512 Senior Member	Ah-ha! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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