It's small. Maybe 3x the size of a Hydei. I'm hoping it grows for me. Hasn't eaten yet.Cool little guy, how big is it? I know alot of people are enjoying your "walk in the woods" thread and if he did come in on bramble not sure why you didn't post this there?
Glad to see your on the fly portfolio is getting bigger every day!
Definitely not lynx spider. Color is similar but abdomen and face are the wrong shape.
Good call. Thanks for the heads up. They are related to orb weavers but I don't believe they are extensive web builders. It looks like it ate the 4 hydei I gave it yesterday. I'll have to keep an eye on it to observe how it eat.
The first 2 images are each made up of 2 photos stacked manually in Photoshop. Third one is a single image. I don't usually stack more than 2 or 3 images and I always do it manually. I'm not set up for deep stacks as I always shoot freehand.
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Good info.. good info. Thanks! =)I have had success feeding several orb weavers and such that didnt make a web yet. I would catch a moth about the same size (if anything smaller) of the spider and use my forceps (or tweezers) and get a solid grip on one of the moth's wings. It should now start to flutter with its other wing, whilst fluttering SLOWLY bring the moths fluttering wing in contact with the spider (usually next to the spiders longer front legs). When I say slowly I mean start at about an inch away from the spider so the spider's hairs can sense the fluttering and centimeter by centimeter bring the moth closer to the spider; the final distance should be most of the moths fluttering wing in contact with spider. When you see the spider start to 'attack' the moth wait til your spider has a good grip on it before releasing the moth. The same can also be used with a fly (like a blue bottle), except instead of holding it by the wing, hold it by the fly's abdomen (dont be afraid to get a good grip on the fly's abdomen it will eventually get eaten by the spider
Hope this helps,
Andrew
You would get a blurred image. I use manual too. You have to for macro. I only use shutter speed of 1/200 so you'd have to be really quick at changing focus just at the right moment. Save yourself the trouble and just move the camera. Same as changing focus when it comes to macro. Not sure why you'd want to do that but who am I to judge. :huh:
it was a hypothetical question lol, not gonna do that
