Great detail, how large are they?
You do wonderful macro work!
Thanks all for looking/commenting.
That has got to be more than a macro lens. Is it one of those scanning microscope lens camera things?
Flakes Mill wrote:
That has got to be more than a macro lens. Is it one of those scanning microscope lens camera things?
Just a macro lens on a full frame camera.
Oh yes -- hello beautiful image!
Stunningly fantastic..! Job very well done.
vicksart
Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country
Wow! This one is really well done and incredibly frightening.
Note that this fine specimen has eight eyes, as other spiders do. (However, only two if the eyes actually form an image. The other six are sensitive to light, thus still of great value to their owner.) 'Just thought you might like to know, in case you did not.
Thanks for the info Ed. I did not know that, and it is likely that only an entomologist or someone with an interest in this specific species would have that info. One wonders about the evolutionary function that such a configuration would have.
Johann Schutte wrote:
6d MP-E65
I can ID this, I believe. Porrhothele antipodiana. The Tunnel Web Spider. Not deadly as is it's relative the Funnel Web Spider.
Tunnel Web 50mm span with 30mm body length.
Bill
Johann--- I'm not well-informed about spiders, but find them interesting. Possibly the "eyes" (ocelli) that do not form images, but are sensitive to changing light intensities would have selective value. Detection of a sudden shadow in one direction, for example, by these light receptors might indicate movement, and elicit an adaptive response on the part of their owner. 'Just an hypothesis. --- Ed
Well spotted Doddy It looks like Dennis Healy.
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