Arachnids
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Looks better in the large format. (Click L)
Taken with my Sony SLT a65V with my Tamron SP AF60mm f/2 DI II LD (IF) 1:1 macro lens
De nombreuse tentatives ratées, mise au point, flou de bougé, vent, mauvaise luminosité ... Finalement une photo que je crois acceptable ... prise en focus stacking + pied + réflecteur + petite correction avec photoshop.
At only 3/4mm body length, it makes you wonder who these little mesh weavers are advertising to with such beautiful colours.
I'm definitely not 100% on this ones name, so please feel free to correct me if you know better. HA!
Why do these spiders always look like they have just had a telling off ! ( "But it wasnt me...honest !" )
People say that hugging therapy is definitely a powerful way of healing. Research shows that hugging (and also laughter) is extremely effective at healing sickness, disease, loneliness, depression, anxiety and stress. I might be one of the only people I know who see this spider and immediately think, 'It wants a hug!' Are you willing?
This Mecaphesa sp. (?) briefly took up residence in one of our salvia flowers this morning...
With 25 mm tube
what is life but a collection of moments
here is one
Will be back later, thank you for your indulgence
:~)
Texture: unknown
A Black Widow spider devours a Yellowjacket wasp while her mate maintains its distance.
Black widows are the most venomous spider in North America. Their venom is about 15 times stronger than rattlesnake venom.
Shot for Our Daily Challenge :“Close and Closer”
Looking around the garden this morning I was surprised and mystified when I saw this fly hanging off the front of a salvia flower. When I moved around behind the flower I saw the reason. Damn, these little crab spiders are amazing predators...
Spiders seem quite willing to wait patiently for any fly-by lunch, so they tend to remain motionless while I move close enough to capture my images. I liked how the strands of the web almost disappear.
Dysdera translates from the Greek adjective for “hard to fight against” (which isn't a surprise with such impressive fangs). In Latin, crocata means “saffron-like (orange-coloured).” D. crocata occurs in maritime habitats and is often synanthropic, found in damp cellars and kitchens and under stones, logs and debris in damp gardens, churchyards and waste ground. Prey seems to be preferentially woodlice, but any other arthropods it can catch are fair game. The long fangs help the spider to maintain a scissor-like grip on woodlice, while typically using only one fang to pierce the prey’s softer underbelly.
Not sure of what type of spider this is....I thought it picked some pretty colors to hang out in though : ))
Hope everyone enjoys the first day of Autumn !!
Camera: Olympus E-510
Exposure: 0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture: f/4
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0/10 EV
As spiders (order Araneae), the black widows are predatory animals with two body segments, eight legs, no chewing mouth parts, and no wings. As is characteristic of all arthropods, black widow spiders have a hard exoskeleton composed of chitin and protein.
Inspired by:
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EEP! WL: Anan Adore Light Explosion II
One more Argiope - this one in the nearby field, working on a small insect. She had a very impressive web set up between two bushes.
I was shooting this wet salvia flower when these green legs appeared - a nice surprise!
With 25 mm tube, Raynox DCR-150 snap-on macro lens
OK, I know its the third outing for this little lady, however, in my defence they have all been separate shots, rather than reworkings of the same shot.
Anyway, thought I'd go for a bit of mono for a change with this one.
A jumping spider sucking the life out of a small fly. It was on the glass table I sit next to. Not the best background.
No flying insects stuck in this orb-weaving spider's home but some blossoms from a nearby blue vervain plant adds some nice curb appeal. Photographed in the La Crosse River Marsh.
Like delicate lace,
So the threads intertwine,
Oh, gossamer web
Of wond'rous design
-Bill Watterson
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I was in two minds whether to post this, I wasn't entirely happy with it but then sometimes it's good to post and then look back later on. This is a male of the Orb Weaver species. This was on a walkabout by the canal on Kaiserin Augusta Allee in Berlin, it was a nightmare trying to get the focus when using only a kit lens and this little guy was running up a thread at quite the speed.
Let me be open to criticism so please do provide feedback should you wish, more than welcome to it and that applies to every photo.
Anyways, final weekend before Crimbo, I hope everyone has a good and so as always, thank you! :)
PS> Oh and the name, this photo reminded me of that god awful movie series of Twilight when Charlie Boy shimmers and twinkles in the Sun for godsakes, urgh, so yea, sorry lads for the reference :o)
Don't know which jumping spider. It was very small, maybe 5 mm or 0.2". I was sitting in the garden working on an interesting mushroom that had popped up when a bit of motion on a nearby leaf caught my eye. No way I would have seen it if I hadn't been sitting there in the dirt. Serendipity...
[Note: in spite of "did not fire" - I certainly did have the flash here. This shot would have been impossible, or at least much more difficult, without it]