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Mystery Spider

Every few years or so, little yellow flowers - gold poppies (Eschscholtzia glyptosperma) bloom in Death Valley. A tiny, yellow spider - less than a quarter inch across - lives beneath the petals. A macro lens and a supine positon are necessary to see these creatures. What happens to the spider when the petals drop? Does the arachnid change colors, like a chameleon? Or does it burrow into the earth to hide from predators that might otherwise spot its yellow body? No one knows.

Canon T90 ,Stacked and reversed lenses

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Debi17-Jul-2008 22:12
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