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Field Notes

Notes:

She is about the size of a pea. I've never seen crab/flower spiders this big in New Zealand before.

Species ID Suggestions

Green Orbweb spider

Colaranea viriditas

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JillBlack
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Comments (5)
JillBlack
Kerry this is a male Green orbweb
kerrydonovanbrown
Thanks LarsKorb, ChunXingWong. Her abdomen seems less bumpy than the Blue Bush Weaver, more similar to the Cucumber Green Spider, but with the tear drop-shaped neon green marking.
ChunXingWong
Looks like an Australian species but they are not the same. http://www.boic.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=66
LarsKorb
It looks pretty much like an Araniella species - the abdomen shape and four spots on it remind strongly of the Cucumber Green Spider - which is not native to NZ...the eye's arrangement speak also for an Araniella.
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PublishedApril 2, 2012

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