Poor man's macro: A small snack..

jaxjax Registered Users Posts: 143 Major grins
edited April 22, 2009 in Holy Macro
This jumping spider (Marpissa muscosa), the largest I have seen so far , was consuming what looks like a small mining bee.

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thanks for looking!

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  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited April 19, 2009
    Lovely captures- that is certainly a lot larger than the ones we get here !
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  • jaxjax Registered Users Posts: 143 Major grins
    edited April 19, 2009
    Thanks Brian. It was exceptionally large indeed, others I've seen where only half the size of this one.
  • jaxjax Registered Users Posts: 143 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2009
    I found her dining on a flesh fly today..

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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited April 21, 2009
    jax wrote:
    This jumping spider (Marpissa muscosa), the largest I have seen so far , was consuming what looks like a small mining bee.
    thanks for looking!

    Your not feeding it steroids by any chance are ya ?? rolleyes1.gif
    I've not seen one this big either, the ones I see around my place are very tiny and very fast movers.... I find it impossible to photograph them they move so fast.

    I have only once managed to get a shot of a jumping spider.

    It must be hungry that it's eaten a bee and a fly within a 2 day period.

    Thanks for sharing Jax, these are amazing, can't get over the size of the thing.... you'll be able to put a colar on that one soon hehehe!

    .... Skippy :D
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  • Cygnus StudiosCygnus Studios Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
    edited April 21, 2009
    That is one huge jumping spider. The ones I find here would be food for the fly.
    Great capture.
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  • jaxjax Registered Users Posts: 143 Major grins
    edited April 22, 2009
    Thanks Skippy & Steve.

    I have to admit I backed off a little when I first saw her. :D
    But apperently the body length of a female Marpissa Muscosa can easily reach 10 to 12 mm!

    We had a moderate winter here (with temperatures dropping as low as -15 celcius) but she managed to survive this by being tucked away in our fence I guess..


    I could get my lens real close to her ( < 10 centimeters) when she was feeding, allthough firing the flash made her jump a little each time, thus making it impossible to do a series I could focus stack..
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