First Crab Spider For The Year!

Spring has already started and temperatures are rising. Bees, mosquitoes and other insects have made their appearance already and last Sunday I was lucky enough to find my first crab spider for the year after their winter hibernation!

Look at her! Sitting and waiting patiently for a poor bee to pass by...

Doesn't she match perfectly this rosemary plant?

Too bad I wasn't carrying my close-up filter that day.

Still, the colors of the composition are really sweet.

And one with natural light

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Crab spiders will always be my special ones!

I was amazed last summer when I first discovered a crab spider in my parents' garden. Until then, I had never seen a weird spider or at least a spider with an uncommon color. The first one I saw was a pink female and as the days went by and I kept visiting the peppermint plants I would find more and more, white, light pink, orange males, tiny babies... I can still remember the excitement and the sweat running down my body because I was standing under the summer sun, without a hat or sunblock and I would observe the spiders for 1-2 hours without a break. Aaaah, nice carefree moments!

I am curious to see what weird fellows live in the garden of my new house, but I will definitely go around my parents' and my grandmother's gardens looking for models!

Thank you so much for your time!

Until my next post,
Steem on and keep smiling, people!

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^{All images not (free for re-use) by @ruth-girl with Nikon D3400 - 2019
Post also shared on my Whaleshares blog}