I think relocation mode it is. He seems pretty well adapted to the
yellowish petals around him.
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> On 8/16/2010 11:11 AM, Chris Crawford wrote:
>> Crab Spiders are really cool. They sit inside flowers and most of
>> them can actually change color and sometimes even pattern to match
>> the look of the flower upon which it is sitting at the moment.
>> Instead of catching bugs in a sticky web, the Crab Spider sits in
>> the flower and waits for an insect to visit the flower. Bees and
>> lots of other bugs like to come to flowers for nectar or pollen,
>> and when one comes in, the spider, hidden by his new color,
>> attacks!
>
> Hmmm. That may answer my mild curiosity when I shot this one in our
> garden in '03. If so, it must be in relocation mode, as it's not
> color adapted to its location.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=IATMS&image=067_33ia80.jpg>
>
>
> OMPC, Portra 160NC, Kiron 105/2.8 Macro, f32, ~1/8 sec.
>
> Moose
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