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18-MAY-2010 Christine Hanrahan

Oblong Running Crab Spider and Long-jawed Orb-weaver

This oblong running crab spider (the whitish one) has just attacked and paralyzed a smaller long-jawed orb-weaver. It happened at lightning speed and was over in a second. Amazing. Neither spider is particularly big, but seeing the two together shows how tiny the orb-weaver is.

Canon PowerShot SX10 IS
1/100s f/5.6 at 5.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
PauloCGama19-May-2010 17:35
Green pops. Wonderful details, my friend.
You are @ your very best. Huge v
cheers
Blandine Mangin19-May-2010 17:26
superb macro ! v
Margot W19-May-2010 14:17
Great detail Christine. One of those things you rarely see.
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