May 16, 2011

At first I was a bit confused as to what this little Crab Spider was doing on a dried out old daisy.
The macro shot revealed that it was busy moulting. The exoskeleton can clearly be seen to the left of the spider,
while it is still trying to free its front left leg from the cuticle!  What an ordeal this must be for them!
This is day 136 of this year's Daily Photo Journal; it is also my second year of journalling... that makes it
501 days of mostly insect photography, with plenty of beautiful spider shots, but never one this special!