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Cucumber spider Found this beauty in a little park close to my house today 16-5-2020 Araniella cucurbitina,Cucumber green spider Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Cucumber spider

Found this beauty in a little park close to my house today 16-5-2020

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Very well focused! Posted 5 years ago
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      Paul Dirksen
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      Thnx Ferdy, 100 mm macro F 11. Posted 5 years ago

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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 Paul Dirksen
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By Paul Dirksen

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Uploaded May 16, 2020. Captured May 16, 2020 14:53.
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  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/8.0
  • 1/512s
  • ISO640
  • 100mm

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