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Araña Napoleón. Crab spiders

Synaema globosum Fabricius, 1775

Description:

It has a very swollen abdomen. Its color can vary from white to deep red, through all shades of yellow and orange, depending on your food and flowers on the living, but always show a black central spot color.------------------------------------------------ Presenta un abdomen muy abultado. Su coloración puede variar desde el blanco hasta el rojo fuerte, pasando por todos los tonos de amarillos y naranjas, dependiendo de su alimentación y de las flores sobre las que viva, pero siempre muestran una mancha central de color negro.

Habitat:

Flor Scabiosa atropurpurea.

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2 Comments

eulalia rubio
eulalia rubio 9 years ago

Indeed, she did not put sunscreen and turned red.

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 9 years ago

Well she's definitely not into camouflage so I suppose she's just enjoying that Spanish sunshine.

eulalia rubio
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eulalia rubio

Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

Spotted on Jun 12, 2014
Submitted on Jun 12, 2014

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