Yearly Drummer Boy, pt. 2 - _TNY_7797
On December 20th 2017 I opened the a kitchen cabinet and was surprised to discover a male buzzing spider (Anyphaena accentuata). It's an outdoor species, but somehow ended up in our kitchen instead of sleeping in wait of spring.
Imagine my surprise when I almost exactly a year after that, on December 30th 2018, opened the cabinet to the left of that one and found another male buzzing spider!
No idea why my kitchen produzes buzzing spiders around Christmas, but it's a pretty neat tradition, wouldn't you say?
The buzzing spider (or "drum spider" in Swedish) is a member of the family ghost spiders (Anyphaenidae) gets its name from the sound that males like this one emit to attract females in the spring by vibrating the abdomen rapidly against whatever surface it's on, creating a buzzing or drumming sound.
Another photo of the same spider on a different part of the Phalaenopsis orchid here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/31895050057/
A photo of the first one here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/24784205547/
Yearly Drummer Boy, pt. 2 - _TNY_7797
On December 20th 2017 I opened the a kitchen cabinet and was surprised to discover a male buzzing spider (Anyphaena accentuata). It's an outdoor species, but somehow ended up in our kitchen instead of sleeping in wait of spring.
Imagine my surprise when I almost exactly a year after that, on December 30th 2018, opened the cabinet to the left of that one and found another male buzzing spider!
No idea why my kitchen produzes buzzing spiders around Christmas, but it's a pretty neat tradition, wouldn't you say?
The buzzing spider (or "drum spider" in Swedish) is a member of the family ghost spiders (Anyphaenidae) gets its name from the sound that males like this one emit to attract females in the spring by vibrating the abdomen rapidly against whatever surface it's on, creating a buzzing or drumming sound.
Another photo of the same spider on a different part of the Phalaenopsis orchid here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/31895050057/
A photo of the first one here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/24784205547/