Unwelcome visitor: capture & release
A venomous funnel web spider made an unwelcome appearance the other day - first time I've had one inside the house. This one was about 35-40 mm long and very active. Its overall characteristics (size, colour, body pattern etc) and the presence of mating spurs on the second legs suggest it's a Sydney Funnel Web (Atrax robustus) but it's a fair way South of its usual range. The first image shows it just after capture; the second after its release in the yard.
Both frames taken with an Industar-61 LZ MC (Индустар-61Л/З) 50mm f2.8 Macro lens at f8.
Unwelcome visitor: capture & release
A venomous funnel web spider made an unwelcome appearance the other day - first time I've had one inside the house. This one was about 35-40 mm long and very active. Its overall characteristics (size, colour, body pattern etc) and the presence of mating spurs on the second legs suggest it's a Sydney Funnel Web (Atrax robustus) but it's a fair way South of its usual range. The first image shows it just after capture; the second after its release in the yard.
Both frames taken with an Industar-61 LZ MC (Индустар-61Л/З) 50mm f2.8 Macro lens at f8.