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Found at Hotham River Nature Reserve, S of Pingelly. Western Australia, Australia.
I believe it's a Lynx Spider.
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.
This is a handheld stack of 6 photos. I wish I could have gotten the mitts in focus a bit better but overall I am stoked with how this came out.
Here's a fat (probably full of eggs) Green Lynx spider soon after capturing a variety of Leaf Cutter Bee. Here we were doing a bit of "blue sky" bug hunting on Big Sandy Road in Newcastle by driving along very slowly in my jeep (top off) looking for wisps of web on small sunflowers catching sunlight. Many times the spiders that generate the web aren't visible because they often hide on the back side of blossoms. This is the case here... no spider in sight, just a bit of web on the yellow petals, but serious spider "action" happening behind the blossom. Unlike some Leaf Cutter Bees I've photographed where pollen has just stuck to the body, this unlucky specimen has loaded pollen "baskets", and with its blossom browsing having come to an abrupt end... won't be accumulating any more.
Taken with a Nikon D60, Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens focused at infinity, with a Nikon 4T close-up lens on the 85mm. Lighting was provided by the camera pop-up flash bounced off foil covered reflector cards of a home-made macro lighting bracket.
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Your help in identifying the flower would be hugely appreciated. I think it is commonly found in Sabah, Malaysia.
It's Sunday, no feathers today. This tiny Green Lynx Spider was hiding in the Gomphrena flower to ambush unwary victims. This picture was taken in my garden.
Canon EOS Rebel SL1, EF100 2.8 Macro USM, Sigma EM-140 DG Ring Flash, F14, !/200, ISO 100.
Green Lynx Spider, Peucetia viridans, female sitting on eggsack
I think these spiders have the weirdest shaped heads...
Sweet Arrow Reserve
Sugarcreek Township, Ohio
Nikkor 50mm + 30mm Extension Tube
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Lynx Spiders are hunting spiders that spend their lives on plants, flowers and shrubs. Nimble runners and jumpers, they rely on their keen eyesight to stalk, chase or ambush prey. Six of their eight eyes are arranged in a hexagon-like pattern, a characteristic that identifies them as members of the family Oxyopidae. They also have spiny legs.
Taken with D300 (my old cam) + 105 VR f 2.8 + Canon 500D + R1 Diffused, 30% cropped.
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This Green Lynx Spider is the only one I've seen having red legs. Others found along the same 100 yard stretch of road had normal coloration. The only difference was that this specimen was found in the dark reddish-brown center of a wilted flower. Some spiders seem to be able to very slowly modify their color slightly to better match the surface they're resting on. There were two "normal" spiders within about 10 feet of this one.
This is a center crop of an image taken with a Nikon D60, Nikkor-H 85mm f/1.8 lens, with a Raynox DCR-150 close-up lens. Lighting provided by a Nikon SB-23 speedlight flashed through a home-made diffuser.
Here's a Green Lynx Spider with normal leg coloration taken back in 2008:
www.flickr.com/photos/61377404@N08/9661623054/in/album-72...
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This is another shot of the mama Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia, Oxyopidae) that I found guarding her newly emerged spiderlings a couple of days ago, see this photo. I went back to her today to get a photo of her spiderlings, but they retreated to the shady side of her egg sac, and I couldn't draw them out into the sun - even with a grass stem "nudger". I did draw out mama spider though. Look how emaciated she looks. I have seen this before, see this photo of a spider before and after laying eggs, but the current photo looks exceptional. These mama spiders sacrifice everything for their offspring. Another thing - I don't think I ever realized how hairy these spiders are, apart from their spines. Arachtober 26. (San Marcos Pass, 26 October 2017)
It was indeed 10 degrees cooler today. It was breezy this morning, but it calmed down to become a very nice day. The little map on the NWS weather page is refreshingly empty of alerts and warnings!
Juvenile Hamataliwa grisea Keyserling, 1887. Thanks to Jeff Hollenbeck for providing the determination on bugguide. Found at Bracken Cave Preserve in northeast San Antonio. Comal County, Texas, USA.
Single exposure, uncropped, handheld, in situ. Canon MT-24EX flash unit, Ian McConnachie diffuser.
This photo comes about two weeks after the previous photo. The Lynx spider mother has been guarding her young the whole time. I think she must have opened the egg case, because the babies didn't come out for a couple of days after it was opened. You may have to view this photo large, but you can see the babies peeking out from their safe hideaway.
Happy 23 Arachtober!