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White Spider

The Falcon · 2014-06-09 14:12:43

Came across this guy on a garden shrub today. I've never seen one of these before. Was thinking it might be an albino of a common species. Can't remember what the shrub is just in case that is relevant. Sizewise, I would say its body was just shy of a centimeter at the widest point.

09-06-2014 3:12pm

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The Falcon

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Came across this guy on a garden shrub today.

I've never seen one of these before. Was thinking it might be an albino of a common species. Can't remember what the shrub is just in case that is relevant.

Sizewise, I would say its body was just shy of a centimeter at the widest point.

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#2 09-06-2014 3:14pm

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It's a variety of crab spider, I've seen a few of them in my garden over the years.

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#3 09-06-2014 4:10pm

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Alun is right. They wait in flowers and ambush pollinating insects. Misumena vatia

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Here's a photo of one attacking a bee in my garden from a few years ago ...

... and another of the same spider trying to look menacing ...

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#5 09-06-2014 4:45pm

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Thanks for replies - Very interesting.

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