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Male Jumping spider - Sibianor larae (Set of pictures)

This beautiful jumping spider was found by my cousin in the grandparents garden. When I saw it, I was really amazed, because I have never seen jumping spider which looks like that... Because of my broken lens I was not able to take photos of it, so I kept it about three weeks like a pet. I fed it with small springtails, stinkbugs... And then my lens was repaired, so I was able to take some photographs of this wonderful spider... When I take about 1hundred shots he just jumped away and I said good luck...

When I got back home from holiday, I sent this jumping spider photos to Lithuanian arachnologist, which indicated it as a new species in Lithuania. So I was really lucky...

 

I took these photos with CanonEOS40D photo camera + extension tubes + CanonEF100mmMacroUSM lens + Kenko close up filter

 

 

 

Please have a view of full size... Thanks :)

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Uploaded on September 2, 2010
Taken on August 7, 2010