To find interesting subjects. I found this spider perched on a flower right outside my front door while I was unloading my gear from my car, so I took a few minutes out to photograph it, while my cat Calypso kept calling me from inside. She loves attention and does not like to be denied :)
I used my d80 with the Nikon 105mm VR micro and a Nikon 2x teleconverter. I held my reflector above the spider and aimed my flash into it to light the spider.
If anyone reading this can help identify this spider, I would appreciate it. I'm certainly not an expert at identifying arachnids, but I would like to learn!
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Great shot! I love the translucent tail-end of the spider. Very cool.
hello :) - hope you are well so far :)
here is the closest spiderMatch i could find (i could be wrong of coz...)
Pics:
http://americanspiders.zacharoo.com/Cob%20Web%20Spider/slides/IMG02259.html
http://americanspiders.zacharoo.com/Cob%20Web%20Spider/slides/IMG02266.html
http://americanspiders.zacharoo.com/Cob%20Web%20Spider/index.html
Description:
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Achaearanea_tepidariorum.html
--- also, it could be one of these:
http://www.gardensafari.net/english/picpages/araniella_cucurbitina.htm
>>> but i most prolly think it matches the first type of spider =)
>>> what do you think?
It does look more like the first than the second, to me.
Thanks! :)
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