The guardian of my garden

I have built a couple of garden wooden boxes to grow some vegetables at home. Each time I water the garden, creatures run afar in seek of refuge and I’m able to witness far more life there than what I’ve actually planted. The most notorious one is this green huntsman spider that has become a local resident. In this moment, it took refuge in top of a full grown arugula leaf. I’ve nicknamed “the guardian”.

 Green huntsman spider; aranha-verde-de-huntsman - Micrommata virescens

Vieira do Minho, Portugal
2017, April