Published by breki on 08 Jul 2009 at 02:32 pm
New Hiking Photos
Arnica montana, a protected wildflower species:
Nice pattern on this spider, I don’t know what species it is:
And a couple of shots created with HDR tonemapping. Had to carry my tripod for quite a long distance to get these:
The rest of the photos are here.
Chris Hill on 09 Jul 2009 at 22:40 #
I think the spider is a ghost spider – there are a number of species. They live on flowers and catch pollinating insects. Some species are specific colours to hide on specific flowers.
breki on 10 Jul 2009 at 5:45 #
@Chris,
It’s Misumena Vatia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misumena_vatia) or Flower crab spider, I managed to google it out
. The spider on the Wikipedia pic has very similar patterns. And you’re right: they change color based on the type of flower they live on.