Tarantula by Carol Rollins

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05-SEP-2007	ŠCarol L. Breton

Tarantula

Around Home, Southeastern Arizona

The last few evenings as I come home from work, I drive past many Tarantula out on the road looking for mates.
Tonight I pulled over to the side, got out and walked back to this one. I say, this is the closest
I have ever gotten.

Canon EOS 20D ,Sigma 28-300mm F3.5-6.3 DG
1/250s f/5.6 at 247.0mm iso400 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto

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Karen Moen		29-Jun-2009 03:04
Very nice close-up. Looks like the kind we find in west Texas. They are males looking for the females which hide in their burrows. If they get lucky, it will be their final act as they soon die. The females live much longer than the males.

Tom Munson		07-Sep-2007 15:18
Nice shot Carol, These are such cool spiders. V

Guest		07-Sep-2007 05:29
Yup...shoot and run! LOL! You're so brave! Great captures of this creepy crawler! V~

Sam Rua		07-Sep-2007 04:06
This is a male, Carol. Nice to see you've mastered the technique of addiding another image to your descriptions.

Neal Nye		06-Sep-2007 19:26
Such fascinating creatures. You got some beautiful shots of this one. I hope you had time to watch it for a while.

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