Visiting a local organic farm during an open-door event called from farm to farm yesterday I was enjoying watching the many wild flowers around until I realised there was something unusual on a poppy - a spider that had caught another insect. With the strong wind shaking the poppy like mad, the spider was having difficulty clinging onto its prey. I tried to stabilise the flower by holding it by the stem but the petals were still moving around like crazy and this is the best shot I could do. I was able to identify the spider as a Napoleon thanks to the great images I found on this blog. Thanks Gilles! Below is the context: a lovely farm aimed at producing quality fruit and vegetables with four bees hives to facilitate the pollination.
I've linked my post to Eileen's Saturday's Critters. and to Misty's Camera Critters. Click and enjoy!
En visitant La Ferme des Possibles à Pernes-les-fontaines dans le cadre de l'opération "de ferme en ferme" hier, j'admirais les fleurs sauvages autour de moi quand tout à coup j'ai remarqué sur un coquelicot une araignée qui avait attrapé une proie et s'y cramponnait malgré le mistral qui secouait la fleur dans tous les sens. J'ai eu beau essayer de tenir la tige dans ma main pour stabiliser la fleur, les pétales bougeaient encore sans arret et je n'ai pas réussi à faire de meilleure photo que ça. J'ai pu identifier l'araignée comme une Napoléon (synema globusum) grâce aux images du blog Nature en ville à Cergy-Pontoise. Merci Gilles ! Ci-dessous, le contexte de la ferme, avec quatre ruches pour aider à la pollinisation.



























Expanding my bug collection. The two photos show the same bug which I followed for a little while. I was intrigued by what looked like little eggs sticking to its legs. Do any of my biologist friends know anything about that?






