Herbie

[jeffashman]

Herbie is a Dimorphic Jumping Spider that lives on my computer monitor. We play a game with the mouse pointer sometimes, I move it around and Herbie chases it. Herbie is approx. 1cm in length.

1 Tamron 18-400mm f/6.3 1/250 ISO 6400 @ 400mm
jul14202307 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

2 Sigma 105mm Macro f/11 1/640 ISO 1600
jul15202301 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

 

[John 2]

Some people have the strangest pets. Like the first shot.

 

[terri]

That first shot is amazing!! Well done!

I think it's very sweet that you are playing with this little guy. At my house, Herbie would have been smashed into the mouse pad by now.

 

[Aqua67]

He is a pretty little guy. Great close-ups.

 

[jeffashman]

Some people have the strangest pets. Like the first shot.

Thank you! Yes, some people do...

That first shot is amazing!! Well done!

I think it's very sweet that you are playing with this little guy. At my house, Herbie would have been smashed into the mouse pad by now.

lol I can't kill most spiders, except for the really bad ones like the Black Widow and Brown Recluse. I actually took Herbie outside and found a nice sheltered plant to live on. Much more food choices than on my monitor.

He is a pretty little guy. Great close-ups.

Thank you!

 

[terri]

lol I can't kill most spiders, except for the really bad ones like the Black Widow and Brown Recluse. I actually took Herbie outside and found a nice sheltered plant to live on. Much more food choices than on my monitor.

That's the best solution, I agree!

I've had a mild case of arachnophobia since I was a kid. I used to just run from them, then smashed them, then softened/wised up and these days, try to carry them outside. We're both happier!

 

[Scott Whaley]

Very creepy!, but the photos are fantastic.

 

[jeffashman]

Very creepy!, but the photos are fantastic.

Thank you!

 

[wobe]

Lovely shots and great little guy - who thought spiders could be cute?

 

[snowbear]

Awwww. Nice shots.

That first shot is amazing!! Well done!

I think it's very sweet that you are playing with this little guy. At my house, Herbie would have been smashed into the mouse pad by now.

Thank you! Yes, some people do...

lol I can't kill most spiders, except for the really bad ones like the Black Widow and Brown Recluse. I actually took Herbie outside and found a nice sheltered plant to live on. Much more food choices than on my monitor.

Thank you!

The same here - MLW would want Herbie gone, one way, or another. I too, typically escort multi-legged critters outside, but a few will become one with the floor, wall or ceiling. Stink bugs get a "burial at sea."

 

[jeffashman]

Lovely shots and great little guy - who thought spiders could be cute?

Thank you! Yes, jumping spiders are the cuties of the spider world.

Awwww. Nice shots.





The same here - MLW would want Herbie gone, one way, or another. I too, typically escort multi-legged critters outside, but a few will become one with the floor, wall or ceiling. Stink bugs get a "burial at sea."

Thanks!

 

[Joel Bolden]

Great post! Living on the woods like I do, I find spiders both inside and outside. if they're not poisonous they're welcome.

 

[jeffashman]

Great post! Living on the woods like I do, I find spiders both inside and outside. if they're not poisonous they're welcome.

Thanks! I put it outside mostly because I don't have much that it can eat on my computer monitor, and I have triangulate combfoot spiders in the house that are in some corners and near the windows which would probably prey on the jumping spider. I tolerate the combfoot spiders, because they are known to hunt brown recluse, so much less chance of the latter being in the house with those around.

 

[slat]

Nice shots.

 

[jeffashman]

Nice shots.

Thanks!