Finally (Twice), Pt. 6 - _TNY_3914

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, a second, larger, male raft spider came walking over my wife so I managed to get a couple of shots of that one as well.

 

This however is the first one - which was a couple of legs short of a full set.

 

Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52999671762/

 

Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53017521916/

 

Part 3 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53051655412/

 

Part 4 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53500419926/

 

Part 5 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53789901992/

 

Plus a shot of the first of the two sucking on his feet here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53106545167/

 

My wife took a photo of me in my swimming trunks photographing the first one and forgetting not to make a stupid face here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53000746833/

Done