Sunday, May 16, 2010

Whitey Spidey

As with all of you, it sure has been busy around here.  We haven't been to Tree Ring in about two months. 

But yesterday was the day!  I don't have time to post much except this really cool blackberry flower photo.


You can just make out a white spider waiting for some lunch.  


I want to call it a ghost spider, but I googled 'ghost spider' and this isn't it.  If you know what kind of spider this is, please share.

The cold winter has delayed the growing season a little bit.  A year ago this week the blackberries looked like this:


TTFN.   More later. 

3 comments:

  1. That is a beautiful photo and a gorgeous spider! My guess is that it's a flower crab spider (Misumena vatia). They are typically yellow in color but will secrete the yellow when they linger on a white bloom for too long. Cool camouflage feature.

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  2. Think of all the things that you are going to be able to do with those blackberries. I'm a little jealous!

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  3. I know its a type of crab spider but not sure about the different species... Great photo though! I can probably grow blackberries along the swamp in my yard, but I'll probably try some blueberries first.

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