The Ant Slayer, pt. 2 - _TNY_2339
This girl with her catch is a female zebra spider (Salticus scenicus). I met her while working on the roof and it had just caught a flying ant.
She was running around (here next to the head of one of the screws I was screwing down into the panels) and wasn't interested at all in letting my camera close until I put my other hand cupped behind her which made her back up against it and appeared to feel totally safe "hiding" like that.
A shot with my hand can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/36793898612/
And another: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/41452694954/
The Ant Slayer, pt. 2 - _TNY_2339
This girl with her catch is a female zebra spider (Salticus scenicus). I met her while working on the roof and it had just caught a flying ant.
She was running around (here next to the head of one of the screws I was screwing down into the panels) and wasn't interested at all in letting my camera close until I put my other hand cupped behind her which made her back up against it and appeared to feel totally safe "hiding" like that.
A shot with my hand can be found here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/36793898612/
And another: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/41452694954/