Male crab spider, possibly Bassaniana sp. by larose forest photos


31-MAY-2011	Christine Hanrahan

You can tell it is a male spider by the enlarged and rounded palps (at the front of his head).

Canon PowerShot SX20 IS
1/640s f/2.8 at 5.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

J. Scott Coile		02-Jun-2011 21:05
Ready to JuMp...

Hank Vander Velde		02-Jun-2011 18:47
Terrific macro image Christine.

Graeme		02-Jun-2011 18:44
You do a great job of capturing these spiders, Christine.Vote

rocky		02-Jun-2011 17:54
Larry is right about it being time to break out the macro lens. Great capture here! =V=

Margot W		02-Jun-2011 17:35
Had a hard time figuring which was the front. Absolutely perfect shot in this side lightting.

Torben Jorgensen		02-Jun-2011 16:00
Looks like a big one. Great macro. V

Stephanie		02-Jun-2011 15:46
He's a big boy! V

Patrick Goossens		02-Jun-2011 14:58
That's close enough for me!

Guest		02-Jun-2011 12:22
Terrific macro image, Christine. It is time to break out the macro lens.

Blandine Mangin		02-Jun-2011 06:05
superb macro ! v

slhoornstra		02-Jun-2011 02:52
Great detail of this small creature, rather drab compared to the others. V

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