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A Costa Rican Golden Silk Spider adds to her web at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. Mature females weave webs that have a yellowish color in sunlight. These spiders (like many smaller spiders) actually have enormous brains comparative to their body size, filling much of the body cavity and even spilling into the legs. As intimidating as they look, Golden Silk Spiders are essentially harmless to humans, biting only in self defense if they cannot run away and typically their bites produce less effect than most bee stings. This spider in particular was one of the largest I have seen. Thanks to Becky for joining me and for being my "visual sounding board".
200mm macro, f/8, 1/125s, ISO 3200, handheld
Continuing the Hibiscus Biology series with just one photo today and it shows a macro of a Lynx spider eating a fly or bee, fly I think. These photos in the series feature the creatures that come to my hibiscus plants. Actually the plants are not too good and a bit sick. The hybrid hibiscus has a limited life. The Lynx spider has quite noticeable hairs on its arms. The whole image is a bit bigger than usual so open it in the larger size.
Pholcus spiders have long legs and usually found beneath leaves. Mothers carry the eggs and youngs in the mouth. Some studies revealed that pholcus with eggs are more likely to be attacked by predators such as portia and myrmarachne since they are encumbered.
Used a Tamron 90mm macro lens and DIY lightbox. Still haven't figured out how to kill spiders without having them curl up. I was going to try intense X-Ray beams until the neighbors found out. heh
While this is only a medium sized huntsman (or not - see last paragraph), he was certainly big enough to find on my bedroom curtains when I got home from work. It also didn't help when he jumped off them down onto the windowsill.
I didn't scream, but encouraged him into a plastic container, then took him outside for a photoshoot before letting him go.
These are a relatively harmless (to humans) Australian garden spider called "Huntsman" (I'm pretty sure) which unfortunately also like coming into houses....or cars....or out from under sun visors in cars. So thankful that has never happened to me lol.
I think I may have been wrong with my spider ID before and this may actually be a wolf spider rather than a huntsman. I need a spider expert to set me straight. Wolf spiders are actually more venomous than huntsmen but the effects are usually localised and not dangerous to humans.
It'll flourish and thrive, if it stays outside. If it enters the house and builds a web, I'll murder it right in the face with a screwdriver.
VA, Giles Co., Mountain Lake Biological Station. These spiders are known for preferring dark, damp habitats like caves in which to spin horizontal orb-webs.
This very small spider was found on my flowers, very strange looking and flattens out to blend in with the plant
Last post for a little bit. I've temporarily run out of processed (stacked) pictures and my family just can't understand why I'd want to put xmas on hold to work on bug pictures.
Back in a bit!
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hanging around the peer at port bruce, didn't have my flashlite, so had to use a small pen light to catch a pic.
Jumping spider from garden in Quincy. I was going over some older pics with my father and he asked which lens I used for this, but I couldn't recall if it was a 100mm macro by itself or if I had stacked a 50mm on top of it. After closer examination, I noticed the silver ring of the reversed 50mm in it's eyes and got my answer.