A new-to-me spider in our Wildscape. I spotted her last night just inside our garage. She was hard to catch, but I corralled her into a jar. She spent the night with me (ha!). Honest! I wanted to figure her out, which I did. I'm fairly confident that she is a slender crab spider (Tibellus oblongus). A juvenile, too. She probably has one more molt to go, but then I could be wrong on that. I released her on our rose of Sharon, and she posed quite prettily for me. Oh, and yes, she is missing a rear leg. Which she'll regenerate in her next molt.
3 comments:
I've seen spiders similar to that one, but never took the time to identify. Thanks for the information. Beautiful photo!
Was an interesting find, that's for sure!
I too think I've seen spiders like this around our spaces though I never (knowingly) spent the night with one! She's a beauty.
Post a Comment