Finally (Twice), Pt. 3 - _TNY_3946
I've complained several times here when posting shots of juvenile raft spiders (Dolomedes fimbriatus) that I never seem to find any adult specimens.
Well, on Midsummer's eve (as in during the day before Midsummer's Day), me and my wife and son had a picnic by lake Långsjön in the Paradiset nature reserve on a very hot day. After eating, my son spotted a, as he put it, "very big boi" down by the waterline.
It turned out to be a male raft spider, not quite fully grown, but still a large spider.
A little while after that one, this, larger, male raft spider came walking over my wife so I managed to get a couple of shots of that one as well.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52999671762/
Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53017521916/
Finally (Twice), Pt. 3 - _TNY_3946
I've complained several times here when posting shots of juvenile raft spiders (Dolomedes fimbriatus) that I never seem to find any adult specimens.
Well, on Midsummer's eve (as in during the day before Midsummer's Day), me and my wife and son had a picnic by lake Långsjön in the Paradiset nature reserve on a very hot day. After eating, my son spotted a, as he put it, "very big boi" down by the waterline.
It turned out to be a male raft spider, not quite fully grown, but still a large spider.
A little while after that one, this, larger, male raft spider came walking over my wife so I managed to get a couple of shots of that one as well.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52999671762/
Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53017521916/