Jumping spider

[yeatzee]

I was only able to get 1 shot before it ran away and jumped to who knows where...but I think it came out fairly nice!

Its a 70-80% crop (can't remember exactly)

I forgot to switch the camera from 400 ISO to 100 ISO (was at an indoor event the day earlier) so its a little grainy but w/e

 

[Eldur]

Wow nice picture

 

[yeatzee]

does anyone else think the spider web on top of its head looks like electric sparks going from one electrode to another?

just a random observation

and thanks eldur

 

[PhilinYuma]

Great pic! Those are very active little critters! And yes, electic sparks, that's what it looks like!

 

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Jumping spider's are cool nice pice what kind of cam Phil?. I safed A big female this March, and she layed her egg's and stayed with them till they hatched, and still she stay's with them and feed's them. So cool I think and caring.

 

[beckyl92]

argh spider..

they're so scary

 

[hibiscusmile]

That is such a good pic, and the spider is cuter. I want one!

 

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Are those those real little ones like ____ big?

Cool picture those eyes are awesom!!!!

 

[yeatzee]

Thanks everyone!

The spider was approximately this big: ___

it was the smallest i've seen thus farr

The camer is a Pentax K200d and the lens is the sigma 105mm macro

 

[Rick]

Very nice.

 

[yeatzee]

thanks Rick

 

[Katnapper]

That photo's the bomb, Yeatzee! Very nice.

But I don't care how small it is... if I met up with it, I'd likely do more jumping than it would.

 

[wuwu]

That photo's the bomb, Yeatzee! Very nice. But I don't care how small it is... if I met up with it, I'd likely do more jumping than it would.

why would you be afraid of an itsy bitsy spider when you have a whole bugroom full of creepy crawlers?

 

[Katnapper]

why would you be afraid of an itsy bitsy spider when you have a whole bugroom full of creepy crawlers?

There's just something about spiders, John, that scares me, lol. I think it's because of all those legs and you never know or can tell which direction they are going to go.... and many of them go so fast! For some reason (I don't know why) they just affect me differently! :lol:

 

[yeatzee]

Ha, ahahah! :lol:

Im kind of with wuwu on this one lol.

Thanks for the compliment katnapper!

 

[AmandaLynn]

Ahhh, nice picture! I love jumping spiders. I didn't know that they take care of their babies. That makes them even cuter! :lol:

 

[cloud jaguar]

What is up with that web on his head? Does he throw it atop prey items? or is just a funky do he likes to wear on Saturday nights?

 

[Rick]

What is up with that web on his head? Does he throw it atop prey items? or is just a funky do he likes to wear on Saturday nights?

I noticed that too. I thought it was dust but it does look like spider web.

 

[hibiscusmile]

Spiders used to bother me, not anymore, I grab them with me fingers and just hope they can't bite thru this tough skin I have