Focused Stacked Image of a Wolf Spider
Oct 24, 2023 17:11:14 #
This is a preserved female wolf spider that was given to me by another grandson. He found it lurking in his basement bedroom where he dispatched it with an insect spray. Unfortunately, he was under the belief that if a little spray is good then a lot must be much better. I suspect the poor thing died by drowning.
She was in terrible shape and it took quite an effort to clean and restore her. She now resides in a pill bottle with mothballs for over a year now.
I staged this session by placing her on a piece of a broken tree limb using a Laowa 60mm f/2.8 1X-2X Ultra Macro lens mounted on the Fujifilm X-T20 mirrorless camera. I chose the aperture of f/8 for this session with a magnification of 2X. All other aspects of the session were consistent with others that I stage and post here. There were 179 images taken in the stack and processed in Zerene Stacker to produce the final image posted.
Wolf spiders are solitary animals that typically roam alone in the night, stalking prey. It's fun to go out with a flashlight and find those glowing eyes in the dark. They spend most of their time on the ground, but they can climb trees or other objects if they need to. They can be found along the banks of streams, gravel, and low vegetation as they hunt for ground-dwelling insects. Wolf spiders sometimes find their way into houses, usually in basements, crawl spaces, breezeways, etc.
They are essentially harmless, although they have been known to bite when threatened. Although it may not be fun being bitten, the venom is harmless to humans.
She was in terrible shape and it took quite an effort to clean and restore her. She now resides in a pill bottle with mothballs for over a year now.
I staged this session by placing her on a piece of a broken tree limb using a Laowa 60mm f/2.8 1X-2X Ultra Macro lens mounted on the Fujifilm X-T20 mirrorless camera. I chose the aperture of f/8 for this session with a magnification of 2X. All other aspects of the session were consistent with others that I stage and post here. There were 179 images taken in the stack and processed in Zerene Stacker to produce the final image posted.
Wolf spiders are solitary animals that typically roam alone in the night, stalking prey. It's fun to go out with a flashlight and find those glowing eyes in the dark. They spend most of their time on the ground, but they can climb trees or other objects if they need to. They can be found along the banks of streams, gravel, and low vegetation as they hunt for ground-dwelling insects. Wolf spiders sometimes find their way into houses, usually in basements, crawl spaces, breezeways, etc.
They are essentially harmless, although they have been known to bite when threatened. Although it may not be fun being bitten, the venom is harmless to humans.
Oct 24, 2023 17:15:27 #
Oct 24, 2023 17:26:14 #
That excellent photo demonstrates the origin of the name perfectly, Gary!
Oct 24, 2023 22:34:29 #
Oct 24, 2023 23:08:02 #
MosheR
Loc: New York City
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is a preserved female wolf spider that was gi... (show quote)
That is one beautiful beast, Gary, and you staged it so well. I don't know what it looked like before, but the "after" is fantastic. In their own way, your photos are as interesting to me as my own travels are and, believe me, that's saying a lot. As I've already told you, yours are the first posts I look for every day when I dive into this forum.
Oct 24, 2023 23:31:57 #
MosheR wrote:
That is one beautiful beast, Gary, and you staged it so well. I don't know what it looked like before, but the "after" is fantastic. In their own way, your photos are as interesting to me as my own travels are and, believe me, that's saying a lot. As I've already told you, yours are the first posts I look for every day when I dive into this forum.
Thanks ever so much, Mel. My grandson (32 years old) sprayed it with a "Raid" type insecticide. The spider's hairs were matted and the microscopic size crud was stuck to those matted hairs. I gave her an alcohol bath and a rise in warm distilled water. I use a hair drier with little to no heat and blow it dry while brushing it with a natural hair artist brush. I thought she might have been a lost cause; however, she pulled through the process.
Her legs were "on their last leg" so I applied a micro-dot of super glue (I use an insulin hypodermic needle viewed under a stereo microscope for that work) where the legs are joined to her thorax to affix them to her body for preservation.
Oct 25, 2023 00:02:58 #
Oct 25, 2023 05:56:35 #
Oct 25, 2023 06:29:04 #
sippyjug104 wrote:
This is a preserved female wolf spider that was gi... (show quote)
Fantastic image!!!
Kind of cute😊
Oct 25, 2023 08:08:42 #
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Oct 25, 2023 08:37:43 #
Oops, this is not the Wolf that Jack Nicholson becomes in the movie "Wolf" This creature is both beautiful and disturbingly perhaps ugly... in short an amazing visually confusing creature creation of nature. Do the females look for a handsome male to mate with... if so what do they look for?
Human selection criteria has changed over the centuries if we view painting and then photos... in the millennium view is that the real reason that Homo sapiens won?
Is this photo suitable over your sofa...???? Along with others the men with the long tie in back sleeves would show up at your door.
Human selection criteria has changed over the centuries if we view painting and then photos... in the millennium view is that the real reason that Homo sapiens won?
Is this photo suitable over your sofa...???? Along with others the men with the long tie in back sleeves would show up at your door.
Oct 25, 2023 09:53:46 #
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