Come in to my Lair! - Spider - NZ - Southland by AndreaEL
A bumble bee decided to come into the sunroom and he brushed against the spiders web, The spider was out in a flash. The bumble was much larger than he is, so I am not quite sure how he would have handled it. I rescued the bumbmble, took a few photos then let him fly away. The spider missed out on a huge dinner, but I decided he would be better off in the garden so I let him go. If anyone knows what type of spider this is I would be most interested.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35 Southland 9 Sept 2010
Comments
OOOWEE !!!
I felt the same way taking the photo, thanks.
– AndreaEL
That must have been starteling when he jumped out yikes,my skin would have crawled,But Cool Shot Anyway !
Thanks, it is hard to do a macro on something like this, I do not know if I would have liked it if he jumped on me.
– AndreaEL
good.
Thank you.
– AndreaEL
It looks huge. The bumblee was bigger than this!!!!!!!!!!!!! What do you feed them in NZ? Super capture.
Thanks Colin, you have me laughing so hard, it is a good healthy life in the deep south.
– AndreaEL
wow amazing macro and a beautiful spider well for it being a spider lol, hopefully next time you see one its outside :)
Thanks so much for your awesome comment. I did let him go, so he is free in the wild.
– AndreaEL
What a gorgeous chap! He looks a bit like our Wolf Spider Andrea, but not sure what it would be called in your neck of the woods.
Thanks Maree, I will look that up on the internet.
– AndreaEL
their brood, Hope this helps !
Thanks for that Roy, I will do some research on the Internet and see if I can identify him the rest of the 5%.
– AndreaEL
Holy Frig he scares the heck out of me!!! HE looks huge!!! I must not look its night time he will give me nightmares me sucky :) Awesome Capture!
Thanks Rose, Macro makes them look larger than they really are, he was big though, the biggest I have seen in NZ. In South Africa, they hare huge, their span can be as large as a dinner plate. Now that would give you nightmares. I appreciate your comment very much.
– AndreaEL
Accepting on the fact, you still haven’t identified 5% of him! he sure is scarey!! :))
Thank you.
– AndreaEL
I love spiders and you have captured its features brilliantly
Thank you for that wonderful comment, he was a fine specimen.
– AndreaEL