Post your Spiders

[GeorgeM]

@Jim
The orb weaver is beautiful

[Canadian Girl]

Ok Ok just for fun...

Huntsman spider of Oz (Australia). This one was one of the biggest I've seen (his legs would spread well beyond my palm). Harmless, but painful if it does bite. More scary than anything else...actually I think they have probably killed people from fright (they love to hide under the sun visor and drop onto your lap when you are travelling a country road at 120km/hr...dangerous combination )

Hans, I'm planning a trip to Australia to visit Raylee....I hope she closes her car windows so we aren't surprised by this big boy....lol Great shot though even if I'm a little scared of spiders..lol

[maloufn]

Jumping Spider

Jim that is a beautiful jumping spider may I ask you about your specs with this shot. I am trying to do some macro also. I am not sure if you are familiar with Thomas Shahans site on flickr.

Nasseem

[Peter Ryan]

One from the garden the other night, just setting up for a good feed.

Snapped with on-camera flash.

[Ddb]

Hello, First time on this site. I have seen this spider 2 times in my house now and do not know what it is and was hoping someone would be able to tell me anything about it. Its not the best pic, but as you can see its black in color and I would say about the size of a loonie (1 inch maybe a little bigger)

Thanks

[Ddb]

[maloufn]

Jumping Spider

Dear Jim,

Great shot. I would be tempted to crop and enlarge. It looks sharp enough. How big is this little critter??

Nasseem

[maloufn]

C& C please

Nasseem

[maloufn]

One from the garden the other night, just setting up for a good feed.

Snapped with on-camera flash.

Hi Peter. I just posted one above. I think we have the same spider. I wish someone can tell us what its genus/species name is.

Nasseem

[ktuli]

Jumping Spider:

[maloufn]

Jumping Spider:

Bill can you tell me how big these jumping spiders are? Whats the range in length and width??

Nasseem

[mariejo]

All of those shots would be of extreme courage from myself...HA!! Nice work and creepy enough!

[ktuli]

Bill can you tell me how big these jumping spiders are? Whats the range in length and width??

Nasseem

Nasseem,

If I recall correctly, this little guy was *tiny* - maybe in the 7-9mm long range? I could be wrong though. I am also trying to remember how many extension tubes I had on at the time. The shot was taken with my Tamron 180mm macro lens and was done handheld (well, supported against the wooden post he's climbing on). The shot is uncropped and SOOC.

Funny thing is, I was at a nearby historic landmark covered bridge and there were easily 20 other photographers around me taking photos of the bridge while I was sitting on the ground shooting this guy. I got plenty of weird looks that day because the spider was so small, I'm sure plenty of people completely missed it and had no clue what I was doing!

- Bill

[Black Pearl]

So it was the first sunny day in ages and I 'had' to sort the garden shed out - sometimes its just not worth the argument - which was a fairly rotten job.

Not helped by this dirty great thing lurking in the corner and threatening to...well I'm not sure...eat me going by the size of it.



Nikon D300s + 60mm Micro + SB600 fired remotely via the Commander Mode on the built-in flash.

[maloufn]

Nasseem,

If I recall correctly, this little guy was *tiny* - maybe in the 7-9mm long range? I could be wrong though. I am also trying to remember how many extension tubes I had on at the time. The shot was taken with my Tamron 180mm macro lens and was done handheld (well, supported against the wooden post he's climbing on). The shot is uncropped and SOOC.

Funny thing is, I was at a nearby historic landmark covered bridge and there were easily 20 other photographers around me taking photos of the bridge while I was sitting on the ground shooting this guy. I got plenty of weird looks that day because the spider was so small, I'm sure plenty of people completely missed it and had no clue what I was doing!

- Bill

Yes I can imagine. Fortunately I have taken mine in my backyard mostly. I get weird looks from my neighbours even then. Keep shooting.

Nasseem

[tukker]

Hello All,Here is a picture i took


Tukker

[Fleshpiston]

Hello, First time on this site. I have seen this spider 2 times in my house now and do not know what it is and was hoping someone would be able to tell me anything about it. Its not the best pic, but as you can see its black in color and I would say about the size of a loonie (1 inch maybe a little bigger)

Thanks

I am assuming you are in the US (loonie) I think is one of their terms for wonga

The Spider looks like either a white tail or a recluse Spider (hard to tell from the photo) the body shape (cigar shape) leads me to think that. Get some more photos and I might be able to give you a better account.

@Tukker - Looks like a nice Orb weaver - Good shot!

Another Orb Weaver (I shot this whilst listening to a talk on the local spiders).

Roar and Snore by Fleshpiston, on Flickr


Also a nice Female Funnel Web Spider (taking no chances with this one):


Taronga -Roar and Snore--18.jpg by Fleshpiston, on Flickr

[ktuli]

Just because I just saw a baby crab spider during my lunch walk, I guess I will share some shots I got of one last spring...



That was the first crab spider I'd ever seen in person, and I was thrilled when I spotted it in a daffodil in our yard.

I made several posts to my blog about it: here, here, and here.

- Bill

PS: Is there a reason why this thread is in the hardware thread and not the nature thread? Always confuses me when I go look for it.

[Jim B.]

Jim that is a beautiful jumping spider may I ask you about your specs with this shot. I am trying to do some macro also. I am not sure if you are familiar with Thomas Shahans site on flickr.

Nasseem

Nasseem,
Sorry for the late reply.
5DII Sigma 150 f/14 ISO 100 1/100" MR-14ex flash.Camera settings are in manual.

[Jim B.]

Dear Jim,

Great shot. I would be tempted to crop and enlarge. It looks sharp enough. How big is this little critter??

Nasseem

Hi Nasseem,
Spider is under 1/4" in size.I'll have to try a tighter crop.