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Epicadus heterogaster
Pertencente a família Thomisidae, popularmente Aranha-flor. Atinge aproximadamente 4 cm e sua coloração pode variar, existindo 3 padrões conhecidos; branco, amarelo e lilás. Belonging to the family Thomisidae, popularly Spider-flower. It affects approximately 4 cm and may vary in color, and there three known standards, white, yellow and lilac.
Ocorre no Brasil, Venezuela e Argentina. Occurs in Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina.
Sua capacidade de semelhança com a flor ante a visão dos insetos vai além da capacidade de fluorescencia, chega a ser reproduzida até mesmo nos movimentos da aranha, que ao delocar-se, faz de maneira lenta e semelhante as flores balançando ao vento. Quando parada, fica com as patas em posição especifica, imitando as anteras das flores.Trata-se de uma das estratégias mais curiosas de caça empregadas no mundo animal, mostrando novamente toda a beleza e esplendor do mundo das aranhas. His ability to resemblance to the flower at the sight of insects is beyond the capacity of fluorescence, comes to play even the movements of the spider, which is the delocar makes slow and similar flowers swaying in the wind. When you stop, get the legs in position specifies, mimicking the anthers of flores.Trata is one of the most curious hunting strategies employed in the animal world, again showing all the beauty and splendor of the world of spiders.
Spotted on Mar 13, 2012
Submitted on Mar 15, 2012
29 Comments (1–25)
Looks like he has little yellow shoes on :-)
Hermosisima!!! me gusta mucho
Amazing!
wonderful find. we can call it spider princess !!!
Extraordinary! Thank you.
Simply amazing.... good find Mauricio...!! Had it not been for his legs, one would have actually mistaken it to be a floret...
Congratulations Mauricio ! I love his yellow shoes...
Congratulations Mauricio! What a beauty!
Uauuu... a real tresour of nature! Exquisit and very very beautiful!! Thanks for sharing!
Um verdadeiro tesouro da natureza! Exótico e Lindíssimo! Obrigada pela partilha!
wow , congrats!
Congratulations Mauricio Medeiros
Amazing spotting,,
Congratulations on this magnificent spider and spot of the day! WOW!
Wow Incredible spotting
Congratulations
Fantástico! Parabéns!
Amazing spotting, Congratulations
Parabéns, Mauricio, arrasou nessa, heim...
What an amazing encounter! Thanks for sharing your spotting of this awesome specimen. We've chosen it as spotting of the day!
"Wow, check out this incredible Crab Spider! The females try to pass themselves off as flowers. Properly posed in a bouquet of similarly colored orchids, she will fool the occasional fly."
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Should be heterogaster, you missed the last "r".
Wow! I cannot believe this is a spider. I am fascinated. I both love and hate spiders....love growing..trying to overcome the hate. And, this definitely makes me appreciate them even more! Fabulous!
No way! This spider is amazing! Great photo and welcome!
Uau, beautiful!!!
Astonishing! Never seen a spider like that before.
Wow, looks like it's from outer space :)
Wow! How fascinating & beautiful!
Mauricio, esta é uma bela foto de uma aranha muito interessante. Que bom saber que há alguém de minha área (Paraná) participando do PN. Lembre-se que a grande maioria dos participantes aqui não sabem português, por isso seria interessante se você traduzisse suas notas para o inglês, assim elas seriam ainda mais úteis. O tradutor da Google é muito bom, caso você precise de auxílio. Bem vindo ao PN, conterrâneo. / Mauricio, this is a beautiful picture of a very interesting spider. Good to know there's someone in my area (Paraná) participating in the PN. Remember that the vast majority of the participants here do not know Portuguese, so it would be interesting if you translate your notes into English, so they would be even more useful. The Google translator is very good if you need assistance. Welcome to PN, buddy.