Beautiful green Crab Spider (Thomisidae) - a male Diaea livens
This beautiful green Crab Spider (Thomisidae) is Diaea livens, perched for a moment on a leaf of native White Sage (Salvia apiana, Lamiaceae) growing on the wild side of our garden. I reckon the spider is a male with those enlarged palps. I got this photo in the breeze this morning, and it came out better than I expected. The shadow is pretty cool also! Arachtober 14. (San Marcos Pass, 3 April 2016)
This photo is quite similar to this one - but not identical! Now that the Arachtober group has gone to 2 photos per day, I figure I'll post one new and one old. Some of the old ones may be similar to ones I've posted before. I can't sit for months on a good photo!
Beautiful green Crab Spider (Thomisidae) - a male Diaea livens
This beautiful green Crab Spider (Thomisidae) is Diaea livens, perched for a moment on a leaf of native White Sage (Salvia apiana, Lamiaceae) growing on the wild side of our garden. I reckon the spider is a male with those enlarged palps. I got this photo in the breeze this morning, and it came out better than I expected. The shadow is pretty cool also! Arachtober 14. (San Marcos Pass, 3 April 2016)
This photo is quite similar to this one - but not identical! Now that the Arachtober group has gone to 2 photos per day, I figure I'll post one new and one old. Some of the old ones may be similar to ones I've posted before. I can't sit for months on a good photo!