Comments & ID Thoughts
It stood its ground with the cats around it on an aggressive posture.
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- Submitted: Jul 10, 2020
- Photographed: Jul 9, 2020
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Greece
- Spotted Outdoors: Open field, pasture, prairie, grassland
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes:
Hi there! This looks like Eresus walckenaeri, one of the Velvet Spiders. Nice photo!
Thank you so much, it stood impressive indeed! It is in defence mode since my cats were around and it showed no signs of trying to hide from a fight! Thanx again
You’re welcome!
Just looking at the spider, it doesn’t look like a fast runner, so it makes sense that it might take a defensive posture instead of fleeing, especially if surrounded.
Wow! I actually thought this photo was of a toy until I googled the name. Very cool looking dude