Killer Pea - _TNY_6001 (In Explore 27/2 2020)
This small green beauty is one of the cucumber spiders, namely Araniella proxima. There is no English vernacular name, but the Swedish one, "nordlig gurkspindel", means northern cucumber spider which indicates what is different with this one.
It actually has quite a wide distribution and in North America it can be found in Alaska (which actually isn't further north than where this one was found in Sweden).
Either way, this little lady was working on a web in the great masterworts (Astrantia major) which should be excellent hunting grounds with how many bugs they attract.
Killer Pea - _TNY_6001 (In Explore 27/2 2020)
This small green beauty is one of the cucumber spiders, namely Araniella proxima. There is no English vernacular name, but the Swedish one, "nordlig gurkspindel", means northern cucumber spider which indicates what is different with this one.
It actually has quite a wide distribution and in North America it can be found in Alaska (which actually isn't further north than where this one was found in Sweden).
Either way, this little lady was working on a web in the great masterworts (Astrantia major) which should be excellent hunting grounds with how many bugs they attract.