my best CRAB SPIDER ever IMHO

[johnkermit1]

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[johnkermit1]

do they eat pollen? i thought flys and succh...but pollen?

[racketman]

good series of this strange looking mini beast. The pollen has surely just become attached.

[johnkermit1]

thanks Toby. i love crab spiders as much as i do jumpers i think. their eyes are quite strange indeed.

[dpastern]

Another very nice series John, your best yet. You've done a very good job of the lighting on these, well done.

Dave

[cheritapictures]

love it... raynox?

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I find myself absolutely mezmerized by #2. All are incredible but that one really stands out in my eye.

[LordV]

Excellent series JK- think you are right- your best yet :)

I have heard that spiders will eat pollen if their hunting is not going well. A good high protein food source plus a good source of carotenes that may be useful for these colour matching crab spiders. Maybe that's how they do the colour matching ?

Brian V.

[macro junkie]

really great shots..i was hoping u had a face on mug shot super close.

[johnkermit1]

Another very nice series John, your best yet. You've done a very good job of the lighting on these, well done.

Dave

thanks Dave. :-)

love it... raynox?

yep raynox dcr 250! thanks!

I find myself absolutely mezmerized by #2. All are incredible but that one really stands out in my eye.

thanks genodm!

Excellent series JK- think you are right- your best yet :)


I have heard that spiders will eat pollen if their hunting is not going well. A good high protein food source plus a good source of carotenes that may be useful for these colour matching crab spiders. Maybe that's how they do the colour matching ?

Brian V.

thanks Brian. thanks for the info about the pollen and the color changing. i believe you may be right about that.

really great shots..i was hoping u had a face on mug shot super close.

Thanks MJ.. not sure what you mean, like facing the spider...?(maybe next time...the mug shot last one was a bit OOF, but i like it anyways.) that would have been cool..but i was really happy with the one shot, the crop was my favorite.

[Mack1time]

Those are stunning!!!


The only crab spider I have everseen was maye 3mm big, are they all that small? Or did I just find a baby?

[johnkermit1]

Thanks a lot. most i have seen are a few mm's 3-4 or so. . . from what i recall, but i have not seen many lately.

[macro junkie]

i wouldn't say the best..your one is plane,,the one i have in my garden has yellow band around its eyes..lovey spider tho.and great pics.

edit-sorry..i thought u ment its the best crab spider..but yer your right about the images..the best ones yet:)

[striving]

Very cool shots! Never seen one of these yet!

[Zapins]

I like the composure of the first shot, except it would have been much much better with a focus stack!

Good job though!

[johnkermit1]

i wouldn't say the best..your one is plane,,the one i have in my garden has yellow band around its eyes..lovey spider tho.and great pics.

edit-sorry..i thought u ment its the best crab spider..but yer your right about the images..the best ones yet:)

thanks MJ, :-) this thread is actually an older one, but still probably my best crabbie to date... havent seen many at all lately

Very cool shots! Never seen one of these yet!

thanks! :-)

I like the composure of the first shot, except it would have been much much better with a focus stack!

Good job though!

thanks Buddy. i agree, but i have not really been able to get many stacks to work properly..lol

[Sugarman]

Nice crisp focus....an excellent shot JK!

[johnkermit1]

thanks Bill. this is some older shots, but they are my favs because it is eating the pollen. :-)

[paul190453]

Excellent photos...haven't seen one of those "down under" as yet!

[johnkermit1]

thanks. I have seen a few good examples from a few from Australia.

Troy has a good thread with some awesome shots

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=435560&highlight=crab

[Photogirl2007]

Wow John, you really did well with this. Excellent!!

[johnkermit1]

Thanks Joan, this Ole thread makes me want to find some more crabbies...