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Bird Dropping Spider with Prey

Posted by ChrisRoss on Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:45 am

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Bird Dropping Spider with Prey

Found this bird dropping spider with it's prey on a leaf in my backyard today.

Canon 1D MkIIn + 200mm f4 macro + 25+50mm ext + 580EXII. 1/125 @ f16 ISO 200. All comments welcome.
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by nymphalidae65 on Fri Apr 06, 2012 7:13 am
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by Matthew Pugh on Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:01 am
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Hi

A great little capture – but I still find these spiders very strange :lol: :lol: :lol:

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by Carol Clarke on Fri Apr 06, 2012 3:50 pm
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Fancy going through life with your main claim to fame being that you resemble bird poop! Stunning detail in this image Chris!
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by kostas nianiopoulos on Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:50 pm
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indeed very sharp , the bodys are a bit mix there
some work in photophysis magazine theme leafs page 4

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Neat behavior image - that prey is all wrapped up! They are an odd creature.
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by D7avid on Sat Apr 07, 2012 7:26 am
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Very cool shot of this living poop

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