Cucumber Green Spider

Hello again. Today the weather has been miserable - raining all day. Rossi has spent the morning cleaning the animals out in the mini zoo and Greg has been helping Roy with the woodland playground. This will soon be finished now.

Today we saw Millie out and tomorrow we hope to see her baby for the first time. We are hoping to have some pictures tomorrow.
Jon at the CFZ says that the spider in this picture is a Cucumber spider.
The Cucumber green spider (Araniella cucurbitina) is a spider of the Araneidae family. Females grow up to 8 mm, males only up to 5 mm. The spider is mainly found on forest clearings, where it weaves its orb-web between leaves and flowers. These webs are only about 10 cm in diameter.
This spider does not use a hideout, because it is camouflaged by its green colour. Adult spiders first show this colour in spring. Freshly hatched spiderlings are red and change to brown until autumn. On the end of the abdomen there is a red mark in adults.
These spiders occur in the Palearctic, although it can be found in parts of North America, where it was probably introduced.
Yesterday, when Greg was coming home from school, a roe deer ran across the driveway, into the small woodland, but we didn't have a chance to take a photo. The camera is ready and waiting for when it shows its face again!
Thank you for your lovely comments on the Winter White hamster - much appreciated.
More updates on Millie and her hoglet tomorrow. Thank you for reading.