Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Garden Safari - Powers of Camouflage

While hunting for insects in my small meadow area, I became aware of a very small spider on top of a dandelion head. It is about 3mm long, called Zilla diodia, and quickly camouflaged itself as a bract. An equally crafty Dock Bug took the appearance of Buddleia bark complete with hole while the Zebra spider's stripes broke up its outline as it ran around. Finishing with a range of other mini inhabitants of the garden.

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