Another clutch of baby spiders...

Paul Iddon

We have a dogwood shrub in the front garden and the moosus was looking for bees for me to try and get a piccy (there were none) but then she called me over and said look at these spiders (in a screeches-in-a-typically-female-I-found-a-fookin-spider voice) that were nestled together in a tight little ball at the tiop of one of the leaves.

Wonder what it must be like being in the middle of one of these scrums!!!

Exif:

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Image Date: 2008:06:02 17:59:35
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 105.0mm
CCD Width: 19.11mm
Exposure Time: 0.0040 s (1/250)
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO equiv: 400
Exposure Bias: -0.67
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: program (Auto)
Hand Held






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MooMommy24

I'm glad this was in your yard, and not mine.... lol... great shot. I love how you can pick out individual spiders, and not just see them all as one mass.

Thanks for sharing.
~Row.

Paul Iddon

Thanks for looking Row.

They are all twins of twins of wins of twins.....



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Lord Vetinari

LOvely shot Paul- nice and cosy in the middle I should think. The scrum loosens up if it gets warm.

Brian V.

Paul Iddon

Thanks Brian.

The "scrum" is in an exposed position. Today it is raining. I wonder what they are doing for shelter...


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Skippy

Paul Iddon wrote:

We have a dogwood shrub in the front garden and the moosus was looking for bees for me to try and get a piccy (there were none) but then she called me over and said look at these spiders (in a screeches-in-a-typically-female-I-found-a-fookin-spider voice) that were nestled together in a tight little ball at the tiop of one of the leaves.

Wonder what it must be like being in the middle of one of these scrums!!!

Exif:

Camera Make: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
Image Date: 2008:06:02 17:59:35
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 105.0mm
CCD Width: 19.11mm
Exposure Time: 0.0040 s (1/250)
Aperture: f/4.0
ISO equiv: 400
Exposure Bias: -0.67
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: program (Auto)
Hand Held

Paul.

Hey there Paul... at a quick glance those spiders look like a flower head.

Wonder what the survival rate is for batches like that?
Good Shot ... Skippy
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D.Rodgers

Pleasant shot to view it has a nice BG and color but I would patch the dark area on the bottom it draws your eye from the subject.

Paul Iddon

Thanks for looking folks and the comments.

Max, there are hundreds in a group, and scores of groups around the gardens here...

I think the future of spiderkind is secure, hehehe...


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GOLDENORFE

nice shot paul, ive noticed hundreds of these little ones everywere at the moment.
phil
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldenorfe/

Paul Iddon

GOLDENORFE wrote:

nice shot paul, ive noticed hundreds of these little ones everywere at the moment.

Only hundreds? Blighters are everywhere!

DaddyO

Besides that this is a nice photo, this has been a really neat shot to study.
Michael

Paul Iddon

Thank you Daddy-O.



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