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Araniella cucurbitina
Fantastic little spider, not bigger than 1 cm (legs included). The abdomen resembles a small cucumber, hence the name Cucumber spider.
Meadows with a few birch trees.
There are six species of cucumber spider in Sweden.
Spotted on Jun 21, 2013
Submitted on Jun 24, 2013
8 Comments
Thank you Brendan! It is actually my favourite shot in the bunch (so far) :)
Philip, Thank you very much :)
Gorgeous photo! :D
Thank you Adarsha and PurpleScarf for your nice comments :)
Wonderful photo seris ! super like !
Amazing photos :)
Thank you very much Mark.
Beautiful - cucumber is right with that green.