Need an ID please.

[Glen Southern]

Hi all.

I just noticed that you guys help id'ing so I thought I'd see if you could tell me about this one. It was in a bush in Majorca. Not very big.

http://www.subdivisionmodeling.com/uploads/tarantulas/id_needed001.jpg

Glen

[PhilR]

Difficult to say from that view, but it looks like some sort of crab spider (Thomisidae family) to me. Would help a bit if you had a picture where the eyes were visible :)

[Simon E]

Looks more like some sort of orb weaver - looks very similar to the common orb or garden spiders native to the UK.
Interesting colouring etc. I wonder if this sp. is using camouflage in the form of a bird dropping ? There are other spp. which use this aren't there ?

[Glen Southern]

Thanks folks. I found a few more shots on the laptop. I still can't place him. I'm using the Collins field guide and I can't see anything in Europe with ridges on its back like that, but then, I'm rubbish at ID'ing :)
I take better photos now since reading the Collins book. I try to get a front shot for the eye locations, the underside where poss and of course a top shot of the abdomen.

http://www.subdivisionmodeling.com/uploads/tarantulas/id_needed_majorca_001.jpg

[Theraphosidae]

Hmm.... Cyrtophora citricola, maybe?

[PhilR]

Hmm.... Cyrtophora citricola, maybe?

You could well have hit the nail on the head there John :)

[Theraphosidae]

You could well have hit the nail on the head there John :)

:D

[Glen Southern]

hoora..spot on John. Thanks for tracking him down for me.

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://micologia.net/g2/albumsg2/Aracnidos/Cyrtophora_citricolatino.jpg&imgrefurl=http://micologia.net/g2/Aracnidos/Cyrtophora_citricolatino&h=350&w=500&sz=20&hl=en&start=4&tbnid=_ouFig97vjDJSM:&tbnh=91&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3DCyrtophora%2Bcitricola%26svnum%3D10%2 6hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26sa%3DN

[Tarantula]

hoora..

Be glad its just Me and Baloo that knows Swedish here! :laugh:

[Theraphosidae]

T'is quite alright :)

[Gigas]

Be glad its just Me and Baloo that knows Swedish here! :laugh:
*finds online translator* LOL :laugh: :laugh:

[Tarantula]

LOL Chris! (It is spelled with one O)

[Gigas]

the dictionary corrected it for me, then spelt it out in bold with a little definition to boot

[Glen Southern]

Well, it looks like I've indavertantly developed Bi-lingual Touettes syndrome...lol

Well, its not as bad as Nintendo calling their new console `piss`