2015 European Spider of the Year

Posted on January 4, 2015 by petrel41

This 20 October 2014 video says about itself:

Ghost spider (Anyphaena accentuata) filmed on the edge of a woodland path in the Burgwald, Hesse, Germany.

The ghost spider is European Spider of the Year for 2015.

See also here.

6 thoughts on “2015 European Spider of the Year”

nataliescarberry on January 4, 2015 at 7:36 pm said:

That’s a scary beastie! 🙂

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- petrel41 on January 4, 2015 at 7:46 pm said:
  
  Don’t worry, they are only up to 7 millimeter in size:
  
  http://www.uksafari.com/buzzingspiders.htm
  
  http://srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal/p/Summary/s/Anyphaena+accentuata
  
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The Hairy Housewife on January 4, 2015 at 10:09 pm said:

Goodness, what a tiny little thing – that aphid looked enormous given how much the camera had to zoom in!

I’d like to share this with my arachnid loving friends if that’s okay?

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- petrel41 on January 5, 2015 at 7:58 am said:
  
  Yes, it is OK 🙂 You are welcome to reblog whenever you want 🙂
  
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sedge808 on January 5, 2015 at 1:48 am said:

enjoying lunch…

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