Green Lynx Spider, True, Texas
This Green Lynx Spider is the only one I've seen having red legs. Others found along the same 100 yard stretch of road had normal coloration. The only difference was that this specimen was found in the dark reddish-brown center of a wilted flower. Some spiders seem to be able to very slowly modify their color slightly to better match the surface they're resting on. There were two "normal" spiders within about 10 feet of this one.
This is a center crop of an image taken with a Nikon D60, Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens, with a Raynox DCR-150 close-up lens. Lighting provided by a Nikon SB-23 speedlight flashed through a home-made diffuser.
Here's a Green Lynx Spider with normal leg coloration taken back in 2008:
www.flickr.com/photos/61377404@N08/9661623054/in/album-72...
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Green Lynx Spider, True, Texas
This Green Lynx Spider is the only one I've seen having red legs. Others found along the same 100 yard stretch of road had normal coloration. The only difference was that this specimen was found in the dark reddish-brown center of a wilted flower. Some spiders seem to be able to very slowly modify their color slightly to better match the surface they're resting on. There were two "normal" spiders within about 10 feet of this one.
This is a center crop of an image taken with a Nikon D60, Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens, with a Raynox DCR-150 close-up lens. Lighting provided by a Nikon SB-23 speedlight flashed through a home-made diffuser.
Here's a Green Lynx Spider with normal leg coloration taken back in 2008:
www.flickr.com/photos/61377404@N08/9661623054/in/album-72...
DSC-0783