Cucumber green spider

This cucumber spider is sitting on my car. At this moment he is checking my licence plate ;)
Luckily I had my camera with me so I could take a picture of it.
According to the dutch wikipedia this is one of the most common spiders in europe, but I have never seen one before.

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Frankhuizen Photography

Lion

I have never seen one either! Posted 13 years ago
1. Joost Thissen
  
  Lion
  
  Btw I saw you added video to the specie. You are doing good work! Posted 13 years ago, modified 13 years ago

Ludo Sak

Lion

Joost, thanks for sharing, can't say I've seen it before either. Do they call it cucumber spider due to its green back? Hmm, next time I eat cucumber I'll have something to ponder about:) Posted 13 years ago

EAmer

Lion

Well done !! Posted 13 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Very cool specie intro. Promoted! Posted 13 years ago

The Cucumber Green Spider

"Araniella cucurbitina" is a spider of the Araneidae family. Females grow up to 8 mm, males only up to 5 mm. The spider is mainly found on forest clearings, where it weaves its orb-web between leaves and flowers. These webs are only about 10 cm in diameter.

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Similar species: Spiders

Species identified by Joost Thissen