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27-JAN-2008 Pablo Yañez

The Unexpected Visitor (Phidippus otiosus?)

Williamsburg, VA

Last night we had an unexpected visitor -- he stayed on my desk and kept me company as I edited some photos. He apparently liked hanging out on my hands and alpaca sweater in particular. As best as I can figure he came in with my son that had been playing in a wood pile -- I've never seen one of these jumping spiders inside my house or during Winter. I put him on the wood pile and hope that this was the right thing to do.

After looking at some of the macro photos on the big screen, especially the ones with his fangs, I'm glad he was so friendly :-)

For more spiders (including more of this one) click below:

Canon EOS 30D ,Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
1/250s f/13.0 at 60.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Jean-Claude Liehn03-Feb-2008 06:31
A wonderful artistic document. This is photography !
Guest 29-Jan-2008 20:55
Fascinating picture! Cool macro!
Bill Paige29-Jan-2008 18:13
Nice work
Guest 29-Jan-2008 16:59
someone liks spiders, there creeepy but I like this pic