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The Mongolarachne found on the surface of Tao-Cet are some of the largest arachnids discovered to date on an exoplanet. This relatively small specimen was slow enough for Ralph to observe in person and still escape unscathed. The species is quite docile and curious resulting in many documented encounters. Unfortunately, many spacemen are not too keen on these gentle giants and have attempted to use 500 kW HELSI combat lasers to burn them from space.
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I've been wanting to try some of these for a long time... what a blast they are to do! This one had a distinct touch of Shelob to it....
This is in a culvert tunnel along a dirt road in Powell River.
Holy Molten Metal, Batman!
Thanks, Steve, for braving the shower of fire!
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'The itsy, bitsy spider, climbed up the water spout.
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain,
So the itsy, bitsy spider went up the spout again.' - Nursery Rhyme
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fun facts:
Spiders are not insects (insects have three body parts and six legs whereby spiders have eight legs, either six or eight eyes and two body parts: the abdomen and the thorax).
Spiders have silk spinning glands (spinnerets) at the tip of their abdomen but not all spiders spin webs.
Spiders belong to the Arachnid family and there are more than 30,000 species of spiders.
Spiders are oviparous, which means their babies come from eggs.
Spider bites can be quite painful, and a select few can be fatal; all spiders have fangs, through which venom is ejected.
Fear of spiders is called 'Arachniphobia' and it is one of the most common fears among humans.
Male spiders identify themselves by a variety of complex courtship rituals to avoid being eaten alive by the females, the human species call this behavior 'dating'.
IN HISTORY:
In the Devonian period, about 386 million years ago, spider-like arachnids with silk-producing spigots appear but these creatures apparently lacked spinnerets.
True spiders have been found in Carboniferous rocks from 318 to 299 million years ago, and are very similar to the most primitive surviving order, the Mesothelae.
The main groups of modern spiders, Mygalomorphae and Araneomorphae, first appear in the Triassic period, before 200 million years ago.
It pained me to edit this. 0_0
I wanted to do a 'fear' themed photo for a while, but never really got around to doing it. This wasn't planned, I was just searching through files..
That spider (which was huge, and disgusting) was on my bathroom mirror one day and I screamed when I wasn't even the one to discover it.. XD
I wouldn't put my face near it either, I just put my camera up to it, no aiming, which is why the composition is horrible.
Model is Sara.
A wee fury little Spider, on a image of Spiderman.
Took a while to get the Spiderman head in the shot and clearly see one of his eyes of his mask, but in the end it seemed to come together while the little jumping spider wandered about the place. The image of Spiderman is from the little booklet in with the DVD of the film.
Not the easiest models to work with thats for sure and this little critter was a little too small it has to be said, but hey I got the effect I was looking for in the end and he looks fairly detailed and the colours of the spiderman image come out a bit like I wanted. Most important the focus is on his eyes, took a while to get it clear and in focus it has to be said.
Taken with Raynox DCR-250 Macro attached :)
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Explore, September 27, 2006.
Consider me sufficiently warned.
Green Lynx Spider
Cute little things.....but they have a nasty bite : ))
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 105 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
It has taking me about 1 hour to comment on 10 of my flickr friends!! This is getting crazy!! I'm still getting flickr "hiccups"!! Anyone else having these problems??
"Holding my breath......count to ten....Okay...That did not help!"
I was hoping this spidey would scare them out : ))
Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet
Eating her curds and whey.
Along came a spider
And sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet away!
some spider facts ..
Spiders are not insects. Insects have three body parts and six legs. Spiders have eight legs and two body parts, the abdomen and the thorax.
Spiders have silk spinning glands called spinnerets, at the tip of their abdomen.
Not all spiders spin webs.
Spiders belong to the Arachnid family.
There are more than 30,000 species of spiders.
Spiders are oviparous, which means their babies come from eggs.
Most spiders have either six or eight eyes.
All spiders have fangs, through which venom is ejected. Spider bites can be quite painful, and a select few can be fatal.
Fear of spiders is called Arachniphobia. It is one of the most common fears among humans.
Tarantulas shed their furry skin as they grow, leaving behind what looks just like another tarantula.
Spiders eat many types of harmful insects, helping to keep your garden free of pests.
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Though the outdoors in Florida is quite beautiful, upon closer inspection, there are things that will freak you out!
If you look in the center of this pic, a little more than halfway from the bottom, you will see a small shape, and over to the left of it, an even smaller one. The very large, Golden Orb Weaver Spiders can be found in most wooded areas of Central Florida, and are an arachniphobe's worst nightmare! Being one, I should know.
This monster was about 15 feet or so away from me, and about that high off the ground. The web, which isn't visible in the shot, spanned the distance from the trees, and the threads of silk were much thicker than what you ordinarily see most spider's webs made of. This web is strong enough to capture a small bird! There were two spiders on it, probably a female and her mate. When it comes to spiders, it seems the males are usually pretty puny. It makes me wonder how often they get devoured by the females! that is how the widow family of spiders were named, because the females often do consume their mates after they mate. Yuk. Guys, is it really worth it?
As much as I hate these things, and I really do, I can't help but be fascinated by them, and sure would like to see how they create a web that wide! I mean, really. What a feat of engineering! Does the spider jump across? OMG! That means no one is safe in the woods! Can you imagine!? Surely there is a more nerve-calming answer than that. I hope so, at least!
Anyway, this was close to the visitors' center at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. The lovely, peaceful looking walkway leads around a pretty lake area, which I enjoy walking out to, but not Tuesday! I saw at least 6-7 of these guys on either side of the walkway before spotting the one that was right over my head, and would have been low enough to snag a really tall man's head in its large web! I just lost interest in the walkway at that point! On the way back to safety, I warned a tall guy to keep his eyes open. Eeeeeeeew!
To see the big one close up, look at the last pic in my photostream. This is how it looked from where I was standing. Most were much closer! Here it is: www.flickr.com/photos/celticsong22/14868132763/in/photost...
I hope this spider does for you what it did for me. It scared the pants off of me. It's a fairly large Wolf Spider, and was hanging out in the doorjam to my house from the garage.
While shooting, up at an angle, slightly higher than my head, he was nervously tapping his legs, which was unsettling enough, but when you're looking through the viewfinder and he goes from tapping to LUNGING FORWARD at you, when you're already looking through a macro lens, plus a Kenko extension tube, it's downright freaky.
(of course, I shortly learned that this was nothing to fear, next to looking down at your LCD to check your shots, and then looking back up to see that said spider, in all of it's large fanged glory... is now gone. Time to do the shaky dance.)
Enjoy!
A brown Wolf Spider is not the thing you want to see creeping up on you in your campsite. This guy nearly made it up a friends pants leg during a recent camping trip to Virgin Falls State Natural Area.
Wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae, from the Ancient Greek word "λύκος" meaning "wolf". They are robust and agile hunters with excellent eyesight. They live mostly solitary and hunt alone. Some are opportunistic hunters pouncing upon prey as they find it or even chasing it over short distances. Some will wait for passing prey in or near the mouth of a burrow. Wolf spiders can live up to 11 years if given the correct habitat.
Technical Information:
Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
ISO – 1600
Aperture – f/5.6
Exposure – 1/30 second
Focal Length – 55mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
Unless plagued w/arachniphobia...
It constantly amazes me when I go to photograph something macro and discover a very small spider who has utilized the structure (here seeding grassheads) to create his web. Often, I don't even know he's there until returning and looking at the photos. I did, however, spot this guy in the process...
Makes one realize how many of these creatures are really out there...a real encouragement for the wearing of flip-flops...
[Larger perhaps better]
The disgusting side of a Crablike Spiny Orb Weaver (Gasteracantha cancriformis). A spider found in South Texas. She was around 0.5 inches wide. You can see my photos of the other side of these spiders here. Looks like an alien to me.
zxgirl, Urtica and I are celebrating Arachtober (of October) with spiders. Post em if you got em.
Check out my Spiders set for lots more spiders.
In a suitably rural area today, I spotted this interesting looking spider investigating me as I hooked up cable outside of a customer's home. It seemed very bold, moving closer to me every time I set down or picked up a tool. It wasn't going away, so I decided it was time to take out the camera. I set the camera to macro and tried snapping a few photos, but the spider was much quicker than me, so I moved the camera in even closer and that's when I learned the true nature of this fuzzy beast. It reared up and leapt straight at the camera lens, sending me flying backwards whilst simultaneously emitting the embarrassingly high pitched squeal of a 7 year old girl with a skinned knee.
Moral: never work with children or animals.
It is among the most common of all phobias.
Arachnophobia is a specific abnormal fear (phobia) of spiders and sometimes other arachnids, such as scorpions and harvestmen.
The reactions of arachnophobics often seem irrational to others (and sometimes to the sufferers themselves).
People with arachnophobia tend to feel uneasy in any area they believe could harbor spiders or that has visible signs of their presence, such as webs. If they see a spider they may not enter the general vicinity until they have overcome the panic attack that is often associated with their phobia. They may feel humiliated if such episodes happen in the presence of peers or family members.
The fear of spiders can be treated by any of the general techniques suggested for specific phobias.
Arachnophobia is, in many cases, the result of a traumatizing encounter with spiders in one's early childhood, though the experience may not be remembered.
An evolutionary reason for the phobias such as arachnophobia, claustrophobia, fear of snakes or mice, etc. remains unresolved. One view, especially held in evolutionary psychology, is that the presence of venomous spiders led to the evolution of an innate fear of spiders or made acquisition of a fear of spiders especially easy.
Most species are venomous (although many of the poisons produced by these species having no effect on humans) but some are lethal.
Spider-Man Arachniphobia: Spider-Goblin "Swinging Tongue & Arm Attack!" Action Figure (Toy Biz) 1996
Well i have no clue what kind of spider this is, so any help would be appreciated. But i was walking inside and he was climbing up to ring our doorbell. So i ran inside and grabbed my camera. I moved a plant to get a better view after this and I suppose his web was attached to it. Well he swung down right towards me, and no joke, I jumped back about 5 feet screaming bloody murder like a girl. Eff spiders and their evil ways
When I am having a really bad day it feels like these are hatching in my stomach. Today was such a day.
Just on a father's day hike in Caledon Ontario where we noticed this guy. Anybody who might know the species, I'd love to know.
This little guy was small enough to fit inside a Cheerio. Found him 'hanging' around inside our yard waste bin. Enjoy this beautiful web!
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Incy Wincy spider climbing up the spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out.
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
Now Incy Wincy spider went up the spout again!
(Another nursery rhyme to sing to Sophia!)
I have a pretty nice camera but the magnifyer filter i used here required a get alittle closer than I care too get (believe it or not I have arachniphobia).
This spider stayed curled up for a while (which helped me) against an approaching storm-he knew about it before we did but then the next day he was walking around-BTW I hate spiders but I am also fascinated by their creepyness