Shy Spider
May 28, 2015 10:20:39 #
This is a large grey jumping spider. It hides in a crack in our fence. I have never been able to get close to it in the last 3 years until now. I got this one photo before it retreated into its home.
May 28, 2015 11:20:52 #
It's nearly impossible that it's the same spider. Most spiders live less than a year. How big was it?
May 28, 2015 13:31:34 #
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
There are two living in different spaces, but always the same areas. That's why I think that they have been around for 3 seasons. Including legs, she was just a bit smaller than a dime.It's nearly impossible that it's the same spider. Most spiders live less than a year. How big was it?
May 28, 2015 14:49:00 #
This is a difficult view to capture, especially with a 40-mm macro lens! Your Working Distance must have been very close.
Exif info:
Camera Model: NIKON D3100
Image Date: 2015-05-27
Focal Length: 40.0mm
Aperture: /9.0
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
White Balance: Auto
Light Source: Unknown
Flash Fired: Yes
Exif info:
Camera Model: NIKON D3100
Image Date: 2015-05-27
Focal Length: 40.0mm
Aperture: /9.0
Exposure Time: 0.0050 s (1/200)
ISO equiv: 100
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
White Balance: Auto
Light Source: Unknown
Flash Fired: Yes
May 28, 2015 15:05:16 #
Nikonian72 wrote:
I was about an inch away.This is a difficult view to capture, especially with a 40-mm macro lens! Your Working Distance must have been very close.
May 29, 2015 09:31:20 #
May 29, 2015 18:43:22 #
While it's true many spiders are annual (most Orb, Grass, Daddy-long-legs, Sac, etc.), there are also many that are longer-lived, including Widows (up to 7 years, and 3 years reproducing without additional benefits beyond first male mating, and up to 12 fertile egg sacs!), burrowing Wolf spiders (2 years), Gnaphosids (2 years), Filistatids (4 yeas), Amaurobiids (3 years), and Tarantulas (9 years for me-36 on record!). These are my counts for reared specimens, several have more than one example. Don't know about jumpers, mine have been annuals, but it is certainly possible, and finding two examples in the same places for several years is pretty good evidence, but would need confirmation for certainty, as could be offspring that stay around and reuse parent home. Nice find! Keep watching them!
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