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White Flower spider


White Flower spider
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Copyright: Adrian Szatewicz (aes_thor) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 180 W: 32 N: 496] (2081)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-06-20
Categories: Spiders
Camera: FujiFilm FinePix S9600, Fujinon Zoom Lens 28-300 mm Eq., Raynox DCR-250
Exposure: f/4.9, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Spiders of the World, Araneae (Spiders) II [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2008-06-24 2:15
Viewed: 710
Points: 10
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hello today in my gallery.

Photograph of Flower spider from Misumena family (Kwietnik in Polish), taken in my garden in Mragowo, Poland.
This quite common spider can be seen in many different colours, thay can change them almost like chameleon or octopus;). Below I add some informations about this process.
Flower spiders doesn't build any web or nest, they are great hunters, catching insects much bigger then they are.

Original picture taken in RAF format, little cropped from right side, some colour balance in CS2, noise removed in NeatImage, resized, framed and sharpened for TN.

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The Color change:

The color change is made possible by secreting a liquid yellow pigment into the outer cell layer of the body. On a white base, this pigment is transported into lower layers, so that inner glands, filled with white guanine, become visible. If the spider dwells longer on a white plant, the yellow pigment is often excreted. It will then take the spider much longer to change to yellow, because it will have to produce the yellow pigment first. The color change is induced by visual feedback; spiders with painted eyes were found to have lost this ability.

The color change from white to yellow takes between 10 to 25 days, the reverse about six days. The yellow pigments have been identified as kynurenine and 3-hydroxykynurenine.

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Misumena

(www.wikipedia.com)

I hope You like it, thanks for any comments and criticques.

Have a nice day!
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I think they are also called Crab Spiders, Adrian.
The one in my recent picture looks like this one and I have determined that it is a Crab Spider.
Very good capture with true rendition of colours this specimen has adopted for the occasion.
Your note too reads well on this theme.
Regards,
Ram

Witam,
ten pajaczek jest zmienny rzeczywiscie, widzialem zoltego i zielonkawego
udane zdjecie
pozdrawiam
Ryszard

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2841 W: 75 N: 8090] (27431)
  • [2008-06-24 14:44]

Czesc Adrian!

Bardzo ladne makro interesujacego zwierza. Bardzo duze powiekszenie, glebia ostrosci ok, ciekawa poza i tlo. Fajnie jest przeniesc takiego pajaka na kwiat innego koloru i poobserwowac jak szybko zmienia barwe.

Hi Adrian wonderful white spider with fine details and splendid sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

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  • Mana Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1817 W: 29 N: 5281] (17302)
  • [2008-06-29 8:27]

Hi Adrian,
Wonderful shot of this White Flower Spider with very impressive sharpness and colours. Superb lighting and exposure and you have captured it in a fine pose. Excellent POV and composition. Kudos.
TFS.
Sumon

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