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Garden spider

Photo by Daniel-CR
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Field Notes

Description:

I found it in a Coelogyne flower at the backyard. It was 1cm across.
Please enlarge the picture to see 'the face'. It is far from being a good macro shot, but this spider has some nice eyes!

Habitat:

Urban capture

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Daniel-CR
Thanks for the comments, friends !
ChunXingWong
It's a crab spider (Thomisidae). Nice colors and patterns.
KarenL
Nice shot! Look like some kind of Lynx spider (Oxyopidae sp.) maybe a young Peucetia viridans. http://www.animalsandearth.com/photo/view/id/28969-green-lynx-spider-peucetia-viridans-portrait-costa-rica#/1/tag/Peucetia%20viridans/viewed/

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International Spider Survey
Photographed
PublishedOctober 5, 2011

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