Sep 22

Organism of the week #17 – Daughter of Ungoliant

By polypompholyx in Organism of the week

I’d never noticed that a garden spider’s third pair of legs is much shorter than the others before.

Araneus diadematus in web [CC-BY-SA-3.0 Steve Cook]

Araneus diadematus, common European garden spider

Araneus diadematus, spider

polypompholyx

Nerd of this parish.

2 comments

- Chris K. on 24/09/2013 at 21:06
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did you notice that spider mite? bad day to be him….
- polypompholyx on 25/09/2013 at 09:47
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It’s barely even a cheliceraful. Poor spider needs something more substantial than that, I think.

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