Debbie’s One Word Sunday: Smallest
I am always showing all those weird and wonderful creatures from around here. Some of the spiders I have posted I must admit have been rather on the large side. So without the usual warning great big space so those who can’t can. This is a Jewel Spider. More after you have sen this wonderful beauty
The above is a Female and is about 12mm long – half inchish The Males grow to a whopping 5mm – quarter inchish.
“You don’t have to worry about this arachnoid, they are harmless. Although many specialists think their toxicity is uncertain, this spider is considered to be too small to cause human illness. They are not very aggressive (they rarely bite) and their venom glands are only normally used to subdue prey (Atkinson 2011). If you are bitten by this spider, you will probably feel temporary reactions like redness, swelling, or itching can sometimes be experienced on the bite area. Overall, these spiders when disturbed, will try to escape by clambering upside-down along their support threads to nearby shelter (Framenau 2014)..” https://www.integratesustainability.com.au/2019/12/12/meet-the-australian-spider-with-a-thing-for-christmas-the-christmas-spider-austracantha-minax/
Hop onto the website – it is a very interesting very small spider
Pretty and such fantastic detail in the photo
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Thank you Sheree 🙂 it was a few photos before I found the right one
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oh yes I am more than happy to see this one – what a beauty 🙂
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I was somewhat taken aback when I was walking across the dam wall when I spied the colours in the sun. Such a tiny but wonderful little spider. Love the name “Christmas Spider” too 🙂
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oh yes a number of them on a fir tree would be just like Christmas lights 😀
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now to find a fir tree 😀 😀
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one in my garden 😉 in fact there is more than one!
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Trouble is my little spider is endemic to Australia
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ah well, probably better if it remains that way. You’ll just have to go and find your own firs!
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I had some pines that have burnt down 😦
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oh that’s so sad 😦
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Yeah, sort of. planted to be Christmas Trees so only five left. The Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos don’t mind a snack on the pine cones so I will miss them and once my Casuarinas (She-oaks) are back, some are, they will have food. 🙂
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that’s good there will be food for them
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the downside……those trees are spread throughout the forest. The pines were just down from the house on the edge of a clearing
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botherations!
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fabulous word 🙂
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I am sure damn and botherations would go together 🙂
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definitely!!
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Wow! A definite beauty and a great acrobat too! I wouldn’t mind meeting her.
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Also called a Christmas Spider means you’ll have to pop over in December Debbie 🙂
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Beautiful with a futuristic look to her!
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Definitely futuristic looking Heather 🙂
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A very pretty spider. Thanks for the link too,
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I was glad to see her and keep blundering along 🙂
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Funny you should use that word. The spider looks like a sparkly version of the crab spiders here. They spin webs collectively and I’m forever blundering into them!
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The fine webs so hard to see
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I’ll admit he is beautiful, but still…….
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Oh Lisa…..she is so small……
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there is something about those legs….no matter the size 🙂
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*sigh
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That’s Creepy and Cool at the same time!
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Oh dear Shelley, such a futuristic looking tiny tiny wonderful spider that would fit on your little fingernail. Hope you didn’t look through your fingers 😀
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I think we have some of those weird looking spiders in our yard too. Probably not the same, but still we’ve had some funky looking ones!
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Funky spiders are the best 🕷😀
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Love this..so photogenic 😍
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Yes photogenic for one so small 🙂
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