Male "Bronze Lake Jumper" Jumping Spider - (Eris militaris )
Full frame.
This was quite a friendly jumper and was fairly easy to photograph. I ended up taking over 60 photos of him (mostly out of focus, he would not settle down) over the period of about half an hour. I had a cycle going with him jumping on my hand, then I would transfer him to a stick, then he would jump to a leaf, and then back onto me. He would always pause for a second or two (seen in the photo above) before making the leap from the leaf to my hand, and that's when I would photograph him.
First time to photograph this species since last summer. I don't see too many of these around, a nice spider with interesting markings.
Also, I've uploaded a video I took of the arm movements of male and female Tutelina jumping spiders on youtube:
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Manuel Barroso Parejo, iM@n, lead.salad, Juanexpert_, and 46 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Thomas Shahan (48 months ago | reply)
A full view of the spider showing the abdomen markings:
liewwk - www.liewwkphoto.com (48 months ago | reply)
u like jumping spider alot :D
sharp and nice picture
Javier Díaz (48 months ago | reply)
Uuuuuffffff!!
¿Dónde encuentras tantas arañas?
Where do you find so many spiders? :-)
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Fotos Leandro (48 months ago | reply)
Great macro!!!!
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dpfunsun (48 months ago | reply)
wow!
LongInt57 (48 months ago | reply)
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Siprico (48 months ago | reply)
Meaviglioso esemplare, complimenti
ciao Silvano
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Wendy Stevenson (48 months ago | reply)
Great picture and lovely view of its eyes
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canadianchristian (48 months ago | reply)
Your work is some of the most impressive I've seen on flickr. Keep it up!
Joseph Choo (48 months ago | reply)
Top shot!!!
Doctorlo (48 months ago | reply)
I love jumping spiders, they are so smart.
Jesse Kruger (48 months ago | reply)
This is a ridiculously phenomenal capture haha =)
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johanne_levasseur (47 months ago | reply)
ALL your pictures are great!!!!!
Good job, a lot of patience too!
Bravo!
B@ni (47 months ago | reply)
very interesting..!
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Magnificent shot!
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relkin (47 months ago | reply)
I have always liked jumping spiders, we have the black kind with white markings around here, they make me think of volkswagons with legs when i look at them. I told my son they are "good guy" spiders when he asks about them, since they aren't dangerous like black widows or hobo's. I found a mammoth black widow in my basement the other day, i wish i had a macro lens, never saw a widow that big.
yann112. (41 months ago | reply)
It has a mesmerizing this splendid spider look, I love your artistic style and your technical proficiency !
Opo congratulations for your wonderful achievements, hat my Friend !
Best regards and Good Year from 2009 .
Yanick
Redwolf Journeys (34 months ago | reply)
That is a beautiful shot of a colorful spider. Thanks for sharing!
folgeschaden (23 months ago | reply)
I think there aren't enough superlatives for your photos. Just discovered them, now I'm unable to close my mouth o_O
Absolutely awesome pictures, thanks for sharing.