Synaema globosum

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 12:05 am

Crab spiders do not build webs?

Female (here on the Foeniculum flower buds), can be red, yellow or gold up to 6mm, males are black up to 4mm.

Camera model Olympus SP-320
Date/time 03.08.2006/10:12:08
Exposure time 1/500 s
F-number f/2.8
ISO 64
Focal length 8 mm

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 4:12 am

Hmm...either she constructed that web or highjacked it from another spider. I never knew that they did not construct webs but then again I seldom pry into the private lives of spiders, though I do photograph them from time to time. Nice image you have here Nikola.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:28 am

Great shot Nikola...beautiful girl she is

I don`t know about the web thing but I did see one in a rolled up leaf near a flower one time. the leaf was webbed into a roll and a crab spider was lurking inside the leaf ready to ambush anything the came close.

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 6:31 am

I believe that although crab spiders(Thomisidae) dont build webs as such they still produce silk, as do all spiders.

Nice photo!