Live Long and Prosper, Pt. 3 - _TNY_0777

This one on a birch leaf is a female nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis), belonging to the Pisauridae family.

 

Pisauridae spiders very often have their legs like this with the two frontmost ones places close together. I have no idea what the advantage of this could be, but it makes me think of Mr. Spock and his Vulcan salute in the Star Trek TV series.

 

Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48407163657/

 

Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50043617773/

 

And a view straight from the front here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/49217712272/

Done