Very cool - never saw a spider like that. Now I got the Darth Vader
theme going though me head...
On 6/11/2015 12:23 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Warning: not for people with arachnophobia.
Today, I saw a very unusual spider. It is called "spiny orb weaver",
but it looks like a stormtrooper:
http://42graphy.org/misc/2015-06-10-spider/
The second photo shows the unusually colorful butt (and you might be
able to see even the tiny thread coming from it to about 7:30)
The formal classification name is Gasteracantha cancriformis
http://goo.gl/5a3ui1
Apparently, these species are frequent in this part of the country.
It was hard to photograph this creature because of the light breeze
that was sufficient to move the web in and out of focus but
insufficient to prevent me from sweating in the over-90F heat.
All comments are welcome.
Igor
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