A spider and a thing
Jan 30, 2020 00:38:28 #
John Sh
Loc: Toronto, Australia
I have no idea of the little green thing. Is it a spider? The marks under it are the brush marks on the stainless steel body of a toaster. It is about 10mm long, including the fuzz at the back. The second shot is a spider and again about 10mm long. It is sitting on the thin edge of a brachychiton seed pod.
Jan 30, 2020 01:15:22 #
Jan 30, 2020 07:24:49 #
John Sh wrote:
I have no idea of the little green thing. Is it a spider? The marks under it are the brush marks on the stainless steel body of a toaster. It is about 10mm long, including the fuzz at the back. The second shot is a spider and again about 10mm long. It is sitting on the thin edge of a brachychiton seed pod.
Your "little green thing" is a late stage leafhopper nymph.
Did it jump while you were working with it?
The fuzz may be a defensive mechanism. It is an extruded waxy substance. A predator might get a faceful and break off an attack.
The wax melts at the merest waft of a flame.
Bill
Jan 30, 2020 10:54:30 #
newtoyou wrote:
Your "little green thing" is a late stage leafhopper nymph.
Did it jump while you were working with it?
The fuzz may be a defensive mechanism. It is an extruded waxy substance. A predator might get a faceful and break off an attack.
The wax melts at the merest waft of a flame.
Bill
Did it jump while you were working with it?
The fuzz may be a defensive mechanism. It is an extruded waxy substance. A predator might get a faceful and break off an attack.
The wax melts at the merest waft of a flame.
Bill
Bill, you know what bugs me? Actually nothing. Not with you around to tell me what it is.....
John, very well done...........
Jan 30, 2020 17:59:14 #
John Sh
Loc: Toronto, Australia
newtoyou wrote:
Did it jump while you were working with it?
Bill
Bill
Thanks for the info Bill. No it didn't jump but I had the devil of a time getting it to sit still. It ran round and round the toaster while I turned it, keeping just ahead of me. Finally I picked the toaster up and turned it. Seems like the vibrations of the toaster being dragged triggered it into a frenzy.
Jan 31, 2020 10:18:05 #
Jan 31, 2020 14:05:19 #
Many leafhopper nymphs have fuzzy bottoms. They are defensive, I think, like Bill describes.
The spider seems related to one of our spiny-bellied spiders. "Micrathena".
The spider seems related to one of our spiny-bellied spiders. "Micrathena".
Jan 31, 2020 16:43:03 #
John Sh
Loc: Toronto, Australia
As always, if you've got something a bit out of the ordinary post it in 'True Macro' and the answers come flooding in. Thank you one and all for your responses.
Feb 1, 2020 04:33:51 #
Nice images and interesting too. Those little leafhoppers are so difficult to get such a good shot of.
Feb 8, 2020 21:14:04 #
Can't see the eyes, but I'd say a crab from the relative sizes and positions of the legs-I think more valuable than the square but.
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