Kritta
Huntsman
This is a huntsman spider eating an earwig. I found it on my soap dispenser, grabbed the camera and flash and fired off a few shots.
I would have had to tickle its head to get any soap, so I just washed my hands without soap. The huntsman does bite, but it is not dangerous - it reportedly causes local pain and maybe a bit of a headache. It does not spin a web, but catches smaller insects (and even, sometimes, lizards) by chasing them about or leaping out of nooks and crannies unexpectedly.
For these reasons, I left it alone. I won't be bumping into spider webs, and it will be dealing with earwigs and other nuisance insects. I'm happy to share my bathroom with a predatory arachnid.
Strobist: The soap dispenser was standing at the edge of the white porcelin wash basin. I fired a Vivatar 285HV into the basin on quarter power. The basin seemed to act like a big beauty dish, and did the trick. The flash was triggered with a Cactus remote.
Huntsman
This is a huntsman spider eating an earwig. I found it on my soap dispenser, grabbed the camera and flash and fired off a few shots.
I would have had to tickle its head to get any soap, so I just washed my hands without soap. The huntsman does bite, but it is not dangerous - it reportedly causes local pain and maybe a bit of a headache. It does not spin a web, but catches smaller insects (and even, sometimes, lizards) by chasing them about or leaping out of nooks and crannies unexpectedly.
For these reasons, I left it alone. I won't be bumping into spider webs, and it will be dealing with earwigs and other nuisance insects. I'm happy to share my bathroom with a predatory arachnid.
Strobist: The soap dispenser was standing at the edge of the white porcelin wash basin. I fired a Vivatar 285HV into the basin on quarter power. The basin seemed to act like a big beauty dish, and did the trick. The flash was triggered with a Cactus remote.