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Aspects of Colombia (#12 in teaser series: very leggy)

Colombia is a global “hotspot” for spider species.

More than 580 of those identified there are believed to be endemic; they have only been seen in Colombia…knowingly, at least, by human eyes.

I do not know the pictured spider’s species, nor its particular specialty/niche.

My hunch is that it is semi-aquatic; I suspect that it actively hunts its prey, rather than “trapping” them in a web or pit.

I can confirm that its legs were very long; they spanned a considerable portion of the relevant rock, which was not merely a pebble

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Spring 2025 in Perth (#19 in series: “inhabited” flower head)

 

 

This post shows the same species of flowering plant as in #18.

The location is only a few footsteps distant, and just three more minutes had passed.

This flower head, however, has a resident, venomous, ambush predator.

S/he is a member of the Family Thomisidae, which includes the “flower spiders” (aka “crab flower spiders” or “crab spiders”. “Crab spiders” is an umbrella term which also includes Thomisdae members who do not inhabit flowers/flower heads)

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