Doorknocker Inhabitant - _TNY_6818
I was recently out at my mom's summer house opening up after winter (and raqking a bajillion oak leaves).
During the winter, the front door had swelled a bit from humidity so it didn't close as smoothly as normal so I had to close it with some extra force for it to work.
Well, when doing so, I heard a thump outside the door and when I opened it again, I discovered that the cast iron doorknocker on the outside had fallen off the door!
So what has all of this to do with this nice spider? Well, it turns out that this female buzzing spider (Anyphaena accentuata) had been hiding inside the doorknocker when her world came literally tumbling down.
I ran for the camera while she was collecting herself on the black rubber edge of the door mat and I managed two shots before she scurried down between the boards in the floor.
In case you're wondering, the buzzing spider is named such because of the males drumming on dead leaves with their legs to attract females.
Doorknocker Inhabitant - _TNY_6818
I was recently out at my mom's summer house opening up after winter (and raqking a bajillion oak leaves).
During the winter, the front door had swelled a bit from humidity so it didn't close as smoothly as normal so I had to close it with some extra force for it to work.
Well, when doing so, I heard a thump outside the door and when I opened it again, I discovered that the cast iron doorknocker on the outside had fallen off the door!
So what has all of this to do with this nice spider? Well, it turns out that this female buzzing spider (Anyphaena accentuata) had been hiding inside the doorknocker when her world came literally tumbling down.
I ran for the camera while she was collecting herself on the black rubber edge of the door mat and I managed two shots before she scurried down between the boards in the floor.
In case you're wondering, the buzzing spider is named such because of the males drumming on dead leaves with their legs to attract females.