Lots of spiders!

orionmystery · 28 Jan 2015

Up close with a female Telamonia dimidiata. jumping spider. Selangor, Malaysia.

Telamonia dimidiata IMG_5443 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Good looking jumping spider. Pancorius sp. (?). Selangor, Malaysia.

Pancorius sp._MG_4119 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Face to face, eye to eye with a Huntsman spider (Heteropoda boiei?). Malaysia.

Heteropoda sp. _MG_6205 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Nom nom nom. Big huntsman spider enjoying its supper. Malaysia.

Huntsman spider _MG_5970 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Huntsman spider_MG_5965 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Cute looking Big-headed Bark Spider (Caerostris sp.). Selangor, Malaysia.

Caerostris sp. _MG_5259 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

You know which end this is.

Caerostris sp. _MG_5266 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

Caerostris sp. with a trapped monkey grasshopper

Caerostris sp. _MG_5066 copy by Kurt (orionmystery.blogspot.com), on Flickr

More tropical spiders: http://orionmystery.blogspot.com/2012/01/tropical-spiders.html

Tintin124 · 28 Jan 2015

Great set Kurt, not sure why you have included a stone in 6/7 lol

G.K.Jnr. · 28 Jan 2015

"Excellent" set as usual Kurt, what else can I say.

George.

mattd85 · 28 Jan 2015

All awesome, I would like to see some these without the black background/ flash fall off

Neil Burnell · 28 Jan 2015

Amazing set Kurt, inspirational.

BruceMo · 28 Jan 2015

Great images. I've been hunting around looking for bugs after being inspired on here again but no joy yet
I can only dream of this quality though, very impressive set

GWR100 · 28 Jan 2015

Brilliant macro photography Kurt, great set,

Geoff

ChrisA · 28 Jan 2015

Superb collection of spiders. That bark head is impressively camouflaged.

Carlh · 28 Jan 2015

Fantastic set and I absolutely love that 3rd one Kurt - even though his legs are missing but being so big, probably like our harvestman, they're legs are just too long, especially when you want to see the face up close and personal

Super shots!

coopers · 28 Jan 2015

Love the first two jumpers and a quality set as usual.
Have to admit to having a skin crawly moment or two when viewing these... not quite sure what I am looking at regards the Bark spider,that is some camoflage,maybe you could give it a gentle nudge.....actually maybe not.
Clive.

susiejb · 28 Jan 2015

Superb shots again Kurt ....not sure what's spider and what's not in the Bark spider shots!

orionmystery · 29 Jan 2015

Tintin124 said:
Great set Kurt, not sure why you have included a stone in 6/7 lol

Thanks, Bryn.

G.K.Jnr. said:
"Excellent" set as usual Kurt, what else can I say.

George.

Thanks, George.

mattd85 said:
All awesome, I would like to see some these without the black background/ flash fall off

Thanks, Matt. Taken at night. Natural light is out of the question.

Neil Burnell said:
Amazing set Kurt, inspirational.

Thank you, Neil.

BruceMo said:
Great images. I've been hunting around looking for bugs after being inspired on here again but no joy yet
I can only dream of this quality though, very impressive set

Thank you, Bruce.

GWR100 said:
Brilliant macro photography Kurt, great set,

Geoff

Thanks, Geoff.

ChrisA said:
Superb collection of spiders. That bark head is impressively camouflaged.

Thanks, Chris. Yes, that's one awesome spider!

Carlh said:
Fantastic set and I absolutely love that 3rd one Kurt - even though his legs are missing but being so big, probably like our harvestman, they're legs are just too long, especially when you want to see the face up close and personal Super shots!

Thanks, Carl. All 8 legs were intact.

coopers said:
Love the first two jumpers and a quality set as usual.
Have to admit to having a skin crawly moment or two when viewing these... not quite sure what I am looking at regards the Bark spider,that is some camoflage,maybe you could give it a gentle nudge.....actually maybe not.
Clive.

Thanks, Clive.

susiejb said:
Superb shots again Kurt ....not sure what's spider and what's not in the Bark spider shots!

Thanks, Susie. Yes, that bark spider has amazing camouflage, which makes it difficult to spot during the day. I can only find them at night when they're on a web.

mattd85 · 29 Jan 2015

Silly me lol

RandomlySet · 29 Jan 2015

Loving the jumping spider. I have a baby huntsman spider preserved in a paperweight that my Great Uncle in Australia made for me over 20 years ago!

LCPete · 30 Jan 2015

Excellent as always Kurt
keep posting your great work we have got ages yet before our bugs are out
it's 4 degrees centigrade here at the moment!

TimmyG · 31 Jan 2015

Stunning set, all top class and I love seeing so much diversity. Found a couple of nice spiders last weekend, but they were so tiny (5mm max). Not much around that's any bigger at the moment though...