Spider

[cowbert098]

I took this photo in my back yard the other day. I did some research and aparently it is a jumping spider (salticidae) with eight eyes :shock: .

 

[graigdavis]

thats sweet. Im surprised he didnt jump with you that close.

 

[Corry]

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! uke: Well, the picture itself is pretty cool...but the spider...IIIIIIIIIIICK!!!!!!!!

 

[karissa]

Nice picture but um... I'm sorry.. I never want to see a spider that close again.. Ugly thing.

 

[Lungfarmer]

Very cool I like it a lot, nice closeup.

 

[AirVenture]

We have those in Wisconins? Yikes!....looks around... :shock:

Good picture by the way...closer than I would have got!
-Brett

 

[daniel_p]

Nice shot! And I like the spider too, I don't know why everybody gets disgusted, it's actually kindof cute.
As to why it didn't jump, from my experience with spiders, they tend to freeze when something big gets near them. I think they probably react that way so that they don't attract attention to themselves (it's not like they can outrun you).

 

[cowbert098]

We have those in Wisconins? Yikes!....looks around... :shock:

Hehe yup we have them in wisconsin. It doesn't look that bad when you are a normal distance away .

Smart spider though it was on my mosquito magnet waiting for mosquitos.

 

[vonnagy]

great shot cowbert, you make this creepy crawlie interesting!

 

[canonrebel]

WOW! Totally awesome! My total dislike of spiders has nothing to do with my ability to recognize beauty--and ART.

Rebel

 

[LaFoto]

What a close close-up this is - once again it makes me wish I could get as close to little objects as this one is.

I think it looks quite interesting, but this may also be because I am not afraid of spiders and even take them into my hands to carry them outside, once I find one in the house. Well, there are no dangerous spiders where I live so I'm perfectly safe to touch them... But any of my attempts to photograph them have so far always produced a large photo and a small spider somewhere :roll:, despite the macro function on my telephoto lense...!

 

[cowbert098]

Thanks for the comments!

 

[Karalee]

Ewwwwww gross!!!

I saw a documentary on PBS yesterday that had a bit about the jumping spider.

Eww! Eww! Eww! You should have seen it jump on the other spiders and poison them. Prolly shouldnt tell you now that i think theyre poisonous huh.

 

[mrsid99]

You should have seen it jump on the other spiders and poison them.

The biter bitten huh?
Neat pic too!