This Metellina segmenta male approached a female when she was feeding, which is normal practice with this species, but she wasn't interested and eventually scampered off to hide under a nearby leaf.
Some hoverflies, however, were more successful. Eristalis nemorum.
Sphaerophoria scripta
The male kept placing his front 'foot' on her eye so she used her leg to move his foot back a bit, as is happening with this scene.
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21st September 2017, 07:17 PM #1
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21st September 2017, 07:28 PM #2
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Re: Jilted Spider but successful hoverflies
Love the 'fly shots Geoff (no surprises there I guess).
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22nd September 2017, 10:21 PM #3
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Re: Jilted Spider but successful hoverflies
Nice series.
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