Juvie Mug Shot - _TNY_1127
This portrait depicts a juvenile raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus), taken at 3.9:1 magnification, eating a wet mosquito which it had just picked up from the water surface of a blue rain water barrel in the garden.
Fortunately for me the mosquito must've been very tasty because it was quite occupied with eating and let me get way closer than I could've hoped.
The raft spider is, along with its cousin, the largest spider in Sweden, but this juvenile was less than 10 mm in body length, despite looking massive here.
A shot of the very same spider, but standing on the rose petals floating on the water surface here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48506742957/
Juvie Mug Shot - _TNY_1127
This portrait depicts a juvenile raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus), taken at 3.9:1 magnification, eating a wet mosquito which it had just picked up from the water surface of a blue rain water barrel in the garden.
Fortunately for me the mosquito must've been very tasty because it was quite occupied with eating and let me get way closer than I could've hoped.
The raft spider is, along with its cousin, the largest spider in Sweden, but this juvenile was less than 10 mm in body length, despite looking massive here.
A shot of the very same spider, but standing on the rose petals floating on the water surface here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48506742957/