Female Domestic Huntsman spider

Posted by Darren5907 on Wed Jan 31, 2024 7:35 pm

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At night, the female Huntsman spider , recognised by a distinctive white band across their faces, come out to hunt for cockroaches.Managed to take some portraits of that "face" when I spotted one resting on a leaf.

1/200, f16, 90D, 180Canon, ETTL -2/3, handhold, manual focussing but with some assistive light from the flash, cropped tighter.

A face only a mother can love? Hope its interesting and comments welcomed.

IMG_5283-1280pix by Darren, on Flickr

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by Tom Whelan on Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:36 pm

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Fine capture of the face and eyes - I think it's spider week!

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by david fletcher on Thu Feb 01, 2024 5:33 am

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Tom Whelan wrote: Fine capture of the face and eyes - I think it's spider week!

Wow. some close up Darren!

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by Carol Clarke on Thu Feb 01, 2024 11:51 am

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Tom Whelan wrote: Fine capture of the face and eyes - I think it's spider week!

Yes, unfortunately for us weaker mortals, it is turning into spider week!

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by John Labrenz on Thu Feb 01, 2024 11:53 pm

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good focus...scary spider!
I thought Carol would like this...lol

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by Darren5907 on Fri Feb 02, 2024 8:08 am

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Thanks all. Spiders could look scary close up. Would love to have the old naturescapes motif theme back. ....so we could have spider week, butterfly week, floral week, etc...

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by Cynthia Crawford on Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:37 pm

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Darren5907 wrote: Thanks all. Spiders could look scary close up. Would love to have the old naturescapes motif theme back. ....so we could have spider week, butterfly week, floral week, etc...

Agree Darren. It was fun to have a theme. This spider is pretty scary up close. Great focus on those eyes. I wonder what they can see-have read something about how different creatures see very differently than we do.

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by Darren5907 on Fri Feb 09, 2024 12:05 am

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Cynthia Crawford wrote:
Darren5907 wrote: Thanks all. Spiders could look scary close up. Would love to have the old naturescapes motif theme back. ....so we could have spider week, butterfly week, floral week, etc...
Agree Darren. It was fun to have a theme. This spider is pretty scary up close. Great focus on those eyes. I wonder what they can see-have read something about how different creatures see very differently than we do.

Spider anatomy and function is a field of study by itself....have seen
books like these....but was afraid contents are beyond my comprehension....

Hope motif will make a comeback.....

Thanks Cynthia. I will freak out if this spider appears in my house.

You can see a full body view at my Flickr site @Darren5907.

Cheers...

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