Juvie Mug Shot, Pt. 3 - _TNY_1124

This is a juvenile raft spider (Dolomedes fimbriatus), photographed at 3.7:1 magnification, eating a wet mosquito which it had just picked up from the water surface of a very 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!

 

Part 1 (at even greater magnification) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48515193146/

 

Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/49279649447/

 

Three more shots, a little further away, but showing the acutal eating better here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48734313741/

 

here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50540902938/

 

and here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52052279513/

 

For change of colour, here are three shots of the very same spider, but standing on the rose petals floating on the water surface here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48506742957/

 

here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50507089932/

 

and here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/48684623271/

Done