Not for arachnophobes

[smokingboot]

This specimen, along with his/her chums at http://www.ojibway.ca/spiders.htm is extraordinary. In fact, despite the fact s/he (anyone know about spidersexes?) makes me shudder, got to go further and say s/he's rather beautiful.

Tried playing with the zoom, making beastie run towards me, getting bigger and bigger, and I learned something:

Typing from under one's desk is hard.

Comments

[ravenrigan.livejournal.com]

AWWWW cute spiders!

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

it's those eyes...nostrils...damn, I don't know what they are!

[semyaza.livejournal.com]

There's a very cool website (I won't give you the link because you probably weren't planning to live under your desk) with vid clips of the mating dances of jumping spiders. They're adorable.

Springing surprises

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

It's bad enough when they scuttle, they really shouldn't leap...

Re: Springing surprises

[semyaza.livejournal.com]

I'll take leaping spiders over flying cockroaches any day. :D

Flying cockroaches

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

My mother 'met' one of these in Singapore, some kind of white spotted specimen landed on her cardigan sleeve. She threw away the cardigan and family legend tells us; 'screamed for a week'.

Re: Flying cockroaches

[semyaza.livejournal.com]

The flying cockroaches in California are extremely large. My father saw the shadow of one on the wall and swore it was a B-52. ;~)

Re: Flying cockroaches

[yapman.livejournal.com]

It's very satisfying to smack them out of the air, especially if you happen to have a tennis racket handy.

It's less pleasant when they sneak up on you.

Re: Flying cockroaches

[semyaza.livejournal.com]

I hadn't thought of that. It would be an interesting competitive sport.

Re: Flying cockroaches

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

I can see the ballboys demanding a raise...

[happybat.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous... All the best dressed spiders are wearing silver velvet this season.

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

Such elegant winter attire and full sweeping eyelashes! Should I meet any such beauty I shall doff my hat in wonder and feed them candy flies xx

[november-girl.livejournal.com]

I'm so relieved to discover that I'm not the only one who thinks that they're lovely to look at close up.

[smokingboot.livejournal.com]

Depends just how close. Its charm diminished for me when I enlarged it 400%:-O