A house spider my wife caught. Picture created from a focus stack of 81 photos taken with a Sigma 105mm macro lens. The subject was illiminated by diffused flash.

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Backlit dew drops on a spider web

Poss Achaearanea lunata

. . . okay, I was tagged by the wonderful MajorLight to post the 5th photo in my 5th folder. So, here it is. And in keeping with the game, here are the 5 I wish to tag:

Bug-a-Lug

Shel

TriMood

Richartpix

K_D_B

Each of you must now select the 5th photo in your 5th folder and post it, no matter what it is. No cheating! ; ) Also, you need to post this photo in the following group:

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And because of my fear of spiders, I was inspired to add the following little ditty:

I Hate Spiders (by me)

I walked around the house one day

Being told I had stuff to do

A honey-do list of things in my hand

Which always makes me blue

I grabbed my tools and set to work

Feeling a little bit glum

Not paying much attention

I was bitten on the end of my thumb

I freaked when I saw the black widow

Slicking and piercing me so

Soon my body began to swell so much

I was certain my head would explode

I ran screaming into the house

Wanting my honey to help yet again

But she smacked me upside the head with a pot

No arguments were I going to win

So I went back outside and nursed my wound

And tried to see through the slits in my eyes

My thumb was growing much bigger

Was now the size of my thighs

I sneaked around the corner

A long-handled ax now in my hand

I’d show this spider who was boss

And that fear wasn’t the reason I ran

But that really isn’t the truth

I get irrational from the fear it brings

For whenever I see a spider

I wet my pants, and a few other things

Course there is something much worse

The fear of a different pain

If I don’t pull my weight around the house

My honey’s gonna flatten me like a train

So I creep around the corner

And go where others might fear to tread

But if the truth be known, I am a wimp

And would rather be hiding under my bed

I catch a glimpse of an hour glass

So red and seeming to rise

But how was I supposed to know that was blood

Dripping freely from my very own eyes

I started to swing the ax

Whacking madly at everything in my way

I kept screaming at the top of my lungs

“Come on, spider-dude --- get your ass out here, let’s play!”

I swung and I swung

Wood flying easily in every direction

For that blade right there at the end of my ax

Had been honed to ultimate perfection

Suddenly I heard the screaming

Realized that it wasn’t my own

I stopped my swing in mid-air

And the horror suddenly hit home

There I was on the outside

Actually saw my honey there within

What the hell’s going on here, I thought

Knowing the walls weren’t really that thin

Her hands were on her hips

On her face was a look, I do swear

That if the devil had shown up to party right then

I would have gone gladly and bought all of the beer

There’s no point in providing the details

Of the words that spat from her lips

Let’s just say no seven second delay

Could possibly provide enough blips

The conclusion of this story

Is mired in sadness and gloom

For the whole of my entire summer

Was spent building another new room

But that really isn’t the worst part

Having to rebuild what my idiocy did ruin

Rather it’s that damn spider who keeps watching

Periodically laughing and shooting me the moon

Octopus Crab Spider

I don't know how Opo Terser manages to do what he does so well. I spent about 10 minutes on trying to get this thing to pose, this is the best I got even though I was working with almost a foot between me and the spider.

Una araña haciendo equilibrios en la red

A Spider up in a net

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Spiders Kindergarden

I found this spider in the garden shed. The picture was created from a focus stack of 65 photos taken with a Schneider f2.8 40mm APO lens reverse mounted and using a flash.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Eine Spinne mit Opfer

Veränderliche Krabbenspinne

This massive huntsman, Gnathopalystes kochi, is feasting on a cricket. This photo was taken with the spider hanging on the underside of a large leaf and my back lying on the wet forest floor.

A macro photo op at my house this morning...

I've been wanting to tryout the whole reverse macro thing lately and when I saw this little guy crawing across my bathroom floor I figured, what better time than now. Unfortunately he didn't survive the shoot.

I would have liked to taken some setup shots but my fifty was taped to my camera and I didn't want to have to undo it and then rig it up again.

Strobist: SB28DX thru an Apollo Micro softbox @ 1/4 directly above the spider corpse. Honl flag used to hold the spider.

Reversed 50 1.8 @ f/11

Petite araignée d'un petit centimètre sur le balcon.

esta hermosa vive en mi puerta

I found this spider in the garden shed. The picture was created from a focus stack of 70 photos taken with a Schneider f2.8 40mm APO lens reverse mounted and using a flash.

Face your phobias......

Not really scared of spiders but don't like touching them! I expect they don't like us touching them anyway!

(If my Daughter looks in you will hear her scream:)

I saw this cute little thing eating dinner and just had to take its picture.

Directo desde mi jardín, un pequeño amigo...

Right from my garden, a little friend...

Dorsal view

another in the square fantasy wildlife series

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brooksville, florida

Shot taken with an old M42 lens: Marcro Revuenon 1:2.8/35mm @ f4.0

A small spider tries to hide on a yellow daisy in the garden

...juega la araña