If you like it Tim then you didn't waste your time. The spider is the subject anyway, it's just not the most attractive flower around it could have chosen.
The editor of Audubon magazine when it was in its prime (Les Line) used to hate perfect flowers and leaves - he always wanted ones with bug holes, broken parts, etc., and this photo might have been a great two page spread...
Posted by Tim Buchanan on June 8, 2006 at 11:12 PM
I have to agree - this flower has a uniqueness that a perfect flower could never achieve. Kind of interesting how things like that work out. Thanks for posting!
You may want to caption this: Green Lynx Spider on Black-eyed Susan!
Terrific example of how colorful spiders can be. Called Peucetia viridans, it is found from Virginia to California and captures its prey by rapidly running and jumping on them. You must have put this one in a trance.
Thanks again Don! When you get ready to visit this area(Middle Fork Barrens) maybe I could tag along and try to soak up some of your overflow of information. Just go easy on the RATTLESNAKE fern jokes that Tim warns us of.
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You may want to caption this: Green Lynx Spider on Black-eyed Susan!
Terrific example of how colorful spiders can be. Called Peucetia viridans, it is found from Virginia to California and captures its prey by rapidly running and jumping on them. You must have put this one in a trance.
Best, Don
Don