Nature and Gardening

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All things green, outdoors, and nature-y. Whether it's animals in their natural habitat, hiking trails and mountains, or planting a little garden for yourself (and everything in between), you can talk about it here.

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submitted 3 months ago by LallyLuckFarm to c/greenspace

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[Image description: a white spider hides in a raspberry flower, clutching its honeybee prey]

It's very hard to spot these guys, I'm glad I managed to catch it and share it with you all.

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[–] greenhorn@lemm.ee 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Thanks for the tip, here's another attempt uploading as you suggested:

This was the first spider like this I've noticed in my garden, but it was while I was picking berries in July. I'll watch the blooms next year. From your other comment I did see a crab spider in my parents garden earlier in the spring, the legs do look similar *Edited with more into

[–] flora_explora 2 points 3 months ago

If you start looking for longer periods of time on any plant, you will see much more animals like spiders (and harvestmen) everywhere! :)