Jumpers are Cats, Pt. 2 - _TNY_6823
My outdoors macro season of 2022 kickstarted in a great way with a trip to what seems to be my second home now - Åva-Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park - on April 20th.
I wasn't very hopeful about catching much interesting, but boy, did it deliver. Some nice bumblebees, green tiger beetles (mating!) and some friendly butterflies - plus a bunch of toads.
I met a fellow photographer there who turned out to live very close to me and after we said goodbye, I was considering wrapping things up, but decided to have another go at the sandy little slope where I found the tiger beetles when I instead spotted several jumping spiders!
This is a female v-fronted jumper (Aelurillus v-insignitus) (but I found a male as well) and she was jumping around being completely cool with the slope swarming with ants. It was quite cool to see her turn and observe them and them jump away when needed.
This one, with its main eyes so close together and that colouration, remind me of a cat. Very confident and on occasion cuddly. Imagine having one the size of a house cat wanting to be scratched on top of the head!
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52021619366/
If you want to see a shot of those mating tiger beetles, please have a look here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52017144097/
Jumpers are Cats, Pt. 2 - _TNY_6823
My outdoors macro season of 2022 kickstarted in a great way with a trip to what seems to be my second home now - Åva-Stensjödal in Tyresta National Park - on April 20th.
I wasn't very hopeful about catching much interesting, but boy, did it deliver. Some nice bumblebees, green tiger beetles (mating!) and some friendly butterflies - plus a bunch of toads.
I met a fellow photographer there who turned out to live very close to me and after we said goodbye, I was considering wrapping things up, but decided to have another go at the sandy little slope where I found the tiger beetles when I instead spotted several jumping spiders!
This is a female v-fronted jumper (Aelurillus v-insignitus) (but I found a male as well) and she was jumping around being completely cool with the slope swarming with ants. It was quite cool to see her turn and observe them and them jump away when needed.
This one, with its main eyes so close together and that colouration, remind me of a cat. Very confident and on occasion cuddly. Imagine having one the size of a house cat wanting to be scratched on top of the head!
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52021619366/
If you want to see a shot of those mating tiger beetles, please have a look here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52017144097/