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Diaea sp.
With a leg span of about 6 mm approximately, this little spider was hard to detect amongst the fluffy mimosa flowers. The thorax was green as were the two hind legs. The two front legs were a dark brown. The abdomen had a large dark patch with two small white patches on either side of the midline. Palps were large and green.
Mimosa wattle in a nature reserve.
Arthropods out at last ! they are slowly emerging as the weather warms up... I am not able to find out a specific name for this one. Judging form the size of the palps, this one could be a male. These spiders are daytime ambush hunters. The interesting thing about this subfamily is the spiders have eight eyes in two rows of four. Each eye is situated on a knob and can be rotated independently. Family: THOMISIDAE Subfamily : Thomisinae
Spotted on Aug 15, 2014
Submitted on Aug 15, 2014
6 Comments
Thanks beaker98 !
Wonderful capture Leuba!
Thanks Lisa. The mimosa are all in bloom and there's a faint lovely fragrance about.
Beautiful spotting!
Thanks Marta. I was actually after a cute jumping spider when i spotted this one - fortunately he was more cooperative !
Beautiful finding, Leuba!