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Nikon D300 - AI Micro-Nikkor 55mm 1:3.5 + 2 PK-13 Extension Rings - Vivitar 2X Macro focusing Teleconverter - 1/250 sec - f/22 - ISO 200 - SB-600 Speedlight with diffuser off-camera left - Reproduction Ratio ~3.7:1
My camera had trouble with the difference in brightness between the black around the head and the rest of the spider. Other insects may as well. Also, this fellow let me move all around and take lots of pictures. I've found this to be a behaviour common to insects that have some sort of blending-in/visual tromp-d'oueil up their sleeves.
Note: Probably a Lynx Spider. Unknown species though.
Kingdom=Animalia
Phylum=Arthropoda
Class=Arachnida
Order=Araneae
Superfamily=Lycosoidea
Family=Oxyopidae
Genus=Oxyopes
Common name=Lynx spider
Kingdom=Animalia
Phylum=Arthropoda
Class=Arachnida
Order=Araneae
Superfamily=Lycosoidea
Family=Oxyopidae
Genus=Oxyopes
Common name=Lynx spider
It was very small, about 10mm.
These long legged hunting spiders are capable of running very fast and jump on their prey like a cat. This is why their common name is lynx spider.
They do not make a web but activily hunt their prey.
Although their eyesight is not as good as that of the jumping spiders they can see their prey from a distance of up to 10 centimeters. They have two large front eyes besides a smaller pair, two on the side of their head and two large ones looking above and backward giving them an almost 360 degree view
Often these spiders are abundant and very colourful.
The spiders are active during day-time, preferable in the sunshine, running and jumping over leaves and grasses.
Today's my lucky day! Three different lynx spiders sighted. This is the third one. (View it large: here )
Taken at Frank's (spider man) observatory. Taken immediately after a downour, the rain drops are still visible on the spider. It was hiding on the underside of a leaf.
Taken with Canon EOS 5D and Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro - handheld. In fact, this was shot one-handed. My other hand was holding the leaf so that I can shoot the spider on the leaf's underside. : D
Some species of Oxyopidae eating an ant on a fig leaf in my backyard -- as they appear to enjoy doing.
Stumbled on this buddy in the garden, it was nice enough to wait for me to get my gear at home (with sky and sun just behind) :D
Lynx spider on guard
And it wasn't going to move no matter how close my lens got!
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