An Interesting Bug

I've never seen anything like this before. It appears to be a spider because if you look closely it has 8 legs. It was in the same bit of garden, a wild flower patch, where I saw the ladybirds yesterday. It is encouraging to see all this wildlife.

[xbm]

Never seen one like this before.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Yikes, not a pretty customer especially if you do not like spiders ! Fav for the find and shot of this unusual one !

[Michelle]

Lovely capture I do love a spider - Mr Google says it's called a Nursery web spider!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

spiders have 8 legs and most have 8 eyes too

[Jesika]

Pretty little thing. It’s good to look and really SEE what is around us.

[Joanne Diochon]

Is that really 8 legs though? Or just 6 legs with two of them bifurcated? I’d go poking around the net to try to identify it but I promised myself not to go down any goggle paths till I finish doing my taxes.

[Sue Cooper]

@bigmxx Thank you Michelle. How do you do that? How do you ask Mr Google what it is?

[Sue Cooper]

@gardencat Yes Joanne, definitely 8 legs, definitely a spider. Michelle @bigmxx has identified it.

[Sue Cooper]

@koalagardens Yes KG it definitely has 8 legs which is why I said it was a spider. I’m afraid I didn’t get close enough to count it’s eyes 😂. Michelle @bigmxx has identified it - a nursery web spider. Apparently they’re very common but I’ve never seen one before.

[Heather]

A great close-up, Sue! And great info from everyone here about its identity! I love how people on 365 pool their knowledge :) Fav

[Carole Sandford]

A very unusual spider!

[Joanne Diochon]

@susiemc Thanks to @bigmxx for saving me from the goggling temptation.

[Michelle]

@susiemc I do it on my PC by hovering over the image I want to search, click the right hand button to bring the menu up and then click 'search image with google' (it's near the bottom of the list)