a triangular spider, a mantis and more ladybugs

rahmonster

Hi all:D Been a while since I posted, haven't had the macro gear out much, January was pretty full on with portrait work for me.

Anyway, ventured to the yard and found something I have never seen before, a triangular spider - Arkys Clavatus





First is with flash, 2nd is natural light. I have added a Gary Fong "Puffer" diffuser to my poor man's kit since I last posted and getting my money's worth out of it.

And of course the usual suspects were around too:

obecanobe

That spider is rather special. Nice series.

Lord Vetinari

LOvely series but of course like that wonderful spider best- great find !
Brian V.

rahmonster

Thanks guys. I have some from yesterday to add soon too. He is quite sick of me bothering him now I think. Unlike the mantis who posed for me

stevehapp

nice ones, rah...

Skippy

rahmonster wrote:

Hi all:D Been a while since I posted, haven't had the macro gear out much, January was pretty full on with portrait work for me.

Anyway, ventured to the yard and found something I have never seen before, a triangular spider - Arkys Clavatus

First is with flash, 2nd is natural light. I have added a Gary Fong "Puffer" diffuser to my poor man's kit since I last posted and getting my money's worth out of it.

And of course the usual suspects were around too:

Hi there Tara, that is one cool Spider
Your having a great time with your Kenko Tubes aren't you

I have never seen a spider like that before, are they common in your area?

Congrats on the LadyBird shots too

.... Skippy
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rahmonster

I have no idea Skip, I've never seen one before either!

Yes, the kenko tubes are awesome

JustPlainMe

I love all these mantis shots; are they easy to photograph? Do they tend to freeze when you're close, or do you think they really *do* "pose"? I find them fascinating and really alien-looking. I've never seen one in the wild.

GOLDENORFE

good series, well done
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Mnemosyne

I wonder if that's less spider, and more just arachnid family. If I remember correctly, the arachnids that grew "legs" from their mouths, were closer to scorpions than spiders. Something about the front pair becoming more feelers than legs (and in the case of Horseshoe Crabs and Scorpions, claws).

Who knows though.

I still think spiders are disgusting creatures, and anything arachnid really. Although the Horseshoe Crab is pretty freaking awesome.