Green pea spider
Araneus apricus
Description:
Bright green spider, very well camouflaged when it hides amongst leaves.
Habitat:
Riverine forest (Spirostachys africanus)
Dwaleni, Lubombo Region, Swaziland
Spotted on Mar 3, 2014
Submitted on Mar 3, 2014
19 Comments
Great catch Kate,beautiful collour,congrats on the SOTD and thanks for sharing
Lovely lovely!
Very much like it's South-american relative the Molinaranea magellanica.
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Congrats on the spotting of the day
Oh that is Excellent news! :D
Thanks, everyone. Perhaps this is fitting - we have now passed 300 spottings for the Mlawula Nature Reserve mission!
Oh hurray! Congratulations to the spotting of the day :D
Swaziland delivers :)
Wow! Very nice!! It's an awesome spider!
Congratulations
Congratulations, Kate.
Congrats Kate. Beautiful green spider
Hey congratulations. What a cute spider. Aptly named !!
Congrats Kate on this SOTD!
Congrats Kate, your well-named green pea spider is our Spotting of the Day!
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Thanks, everyone!
The photos turned out great Kate. Congratulations :)
Oh he's lovely! Great camouflage too.
Very nice spotting, Kate ! they must look really interesting in their webs..would love to see one.
One big fat spider I see. :)
What a gorgeous looking spider.
Nice spotting and shooting!