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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: Randy Carone on May 01, 2009, 02:12:18 pm

Title: Iris with spider
Post by: Randy Carone on May 01, 2009, 02:12:18 pm

This needs a bit of retouching but can anyone identify this Oregon spider? Kind of matches the Iris.

Title: Iris with spider
Post by: wolfnowl on May 02, 2009, 02:33:12 am

That's a female crab spider.  They tend to hang out on the underside of the petals and wait for pollinating insects (or hymenoptera in this case).  Sounds/ vibrations alert them.  The pink in the body comes from the food they eat.

Mike.

P.S.  Nice shot!