Huge Mittens, Pt. 2 - _TNY_7717
Some time ago this cute little jumping spider which is enjoying a freshly caught fly would be known as a Sitticus terebratus, but after a name revision, this is now a Attulus terebratus.
I shot him without food (here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51980602959/ and here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52764936898/) - and saw him give a female a kiss! - but he was way less calm then.
After coming back with the MP-E65mm on the camera and found him with the fly, he was way calmer and I could gradually get closer and closer until I got this one which is at 4.8:1 magnification which is just about as close as I can get with the MP-E65mm lens.
Since male spiders use their pedipalps (the short "arms") to transfer the sperm to the female, adult males have significantly thicker pedipalps, leading to them looking like these almost mitten-like ones.
Part 1 (at the same magnification) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50233789831/
Another shot at a little less magnification here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51930757755/in/
Huge Mittens, Pt. 2 - _TNY_7717
Some time ago this cute little jumping spider which is enjoying a freshly caught fly would be known as a Sitticus terebratus, but after a name revision, this is now a Attulus terebratus.
I shot him without food (here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51980602959/ and here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52764936898/) - and saw him give a female a kiss! - but he was way less calm then.
After coming back with the MP-E65mm on the camera and found him with the fly, he was way calmer and I could gradually get closer and closer until I got this one which is at 4.8:1 magnification which is just about as close as I can get with the MP-E65mm lens.
Since male spiders use their pedipalps (the short "arms") to transfer the sperm to the female, adult males have significantly thicker pedipalps, leading to them looking like these almost mitten-like ones.
Part 1 (at the same magnification) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/50233789831/
Another shot at a little less magnification here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/51930757755/in/