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Uploaded: 10/05/06 5:34 AM GMT
Huge Colorful Spider
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This guy was enormous... and pleasant to look at! He is actually currently chowing down on something that he captured in his web. You can see that 2 of his rear legs are holding the mummified prey as he dines. As I have no idea what kind of spider this is... I was almost worried to get this close to it :)

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::PatAndre
10/05/06 6:27 AM GMT
Look up the words "Banana Spider" on the internet. This spider is of that family. I have not seen one exactly like this one's color pattern but I have two different colored spiders I keep track of around my house that are of the Banana Spider family. This is a very good capture with a pleasant unobtrusive background. Great work.
Pat
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::jzaw
10/05/06 6:47 AM GMT
thats gruesomely awesome
or awesomely gruesome
i cant decide

good angle and good lighting on spidey

a darker background might help give her an even more sinister aspect

well done!
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.winterymix
10/05/06 7:02 AM GMT
Wow, this guy is scary looking. Excellent Halloween-time post :)
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-Winterymix
::missydog109
10/05/06 1:46 PM GMT
I hope you were somewhere in South America when you took this image: I can't imagine this creature residing in PA. - that's too close to IL and that's close to me. Anyway, you did a fine if somewhat anxious capture. Good composure, excellent sharpness, complimentary background, colorful, hairy subject matter - what more could anyone ask for. ....Neil
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"Every Picture Tells a Story" - Rod Stewart
::katman
10/05/06 4:36 PM GMT
Superb macro work, Jeff. It's only a yellow garden spider but it can be intimidating because of its size. Excellent capture, really well done.
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More does not always equal better.
.ted3020
10/06/06 1:35 PM GMT
Excellent macro. Thanks for getting in close, real close.
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.cirquegoddess
10/10/06 6:13 AM GMT
My mom has these ginormous spiders on her porch. They creep me out but she insits that they keep the bugs down. Great closeup.
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::Hottrockin
11/08/06 12:29 AM GMT
~just trippin' through your works dude~

Now here's sumpin' you wanna cuddle up to at night!! 8~O

Superb!!
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Picture Purrrfect . Why does the picture come out square when the lens is round??? 8~O

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