Thomas Kent
Habronattus calcaratus maddisoni
Thanks to the amazing experts at Project Noah for the ID:
We were up north on the May 2 - 4 (that's kinda Canadian for Memorial Day -- we just do the Remembrance Day in November), and my brother called me over to look the book he was reading... this little guy was sitting on it with seemingly no concern at all. I went inside, grabbed my camera, and got a few shots -- I thought I had two that would stack, but alas, they were not quite there. If I had noticed the colors while shooting, I would certainly have attempted a capture-shoot-and-release effort, but this spider looked pretty plain! From the back he's mostly black with a white mo-hawk stripe down its back. After a minute or so, he got bothered by the gigantic camera and repeated flashes and started to dart around in a bit of a frenzy, so I let him go straight away.
Habronattus calcaratus maddisoni
Thanks to the amazing experts at Project Noah for the ID:
We were up north on the May 2 - 4 (that's kinda Canadian for Memorial Day -- we just do the Remembrance Day in November), and my brother called me over to look the book he was reading... this little guy was sitting on it with seemingly no concern at all. I went inside, grabbed my camera, and got a few shots -- I thought I had two that would stack, but alas, they were not quite there. If I had noticed the colors while shooting, I would certainly have attempted a capture-shoot-and-release effort, but this spider looked pretty plain! From the back he's mostly black with a white mo-hawk stripe down its back. After a minute or so, he got bothered by the gigantic camera and repeated flashes and started to dart around in a bit of a frenzy, so I let him go straight away.