I can't see how you sleep at night, knowing that this spider lives in your yard. o_o;

Him and hundreds more like him.

At least he's not extra poisonous like the brown recluse in my garage but hey i leave it alone it leaves me alone and eats the bugs that go after my stuff so it's win win.

recluse bites aren't really what I'd call extra dangerous.

Except they can rot the fuck out of the area? Get bit on the dick[or boob, if you're a girl] and come back and talk about how not-dangerous they are. c_c

But seriously they're certainly more dangerous than any wolf spider in the states, and if I remember correctly it and the black widow are the only two "venomous"/dangerous spiders in the US.

Yeah, but it's easily treated and usually only leaves a small scar. The horror stories you see are the ones that just let it fester for a week or two before doing somethingn about it.

It's comfoting knowing brown recluse bites can be easily treated...

I live in an area where they can be common, cause I keep thinking one could sneak into my house. X3

they can be easily treated but still hurt like hell. as my uncle described it "it feels like your bones have exploded and sent shards through your body"

Ouch...

comforting* dang keyboard....

Well compared to any other spider in the vicinity even the chance of a skin piercing bite makes it more dangerous than most everything else in the area.
Even being a 2 out of 10 still makes it extra dangerous compared to the plethora of 0's around.

aww he wants a good cuddle

"WOAH WHAT IS THIS!? ITS NOT DAY TIME DOOD MY EYES HOLY CRAP OW"

i know all bout wolf spiders they are all over guardens where i live. how big is the bigest uve seen?

Largest I've seen is around an inch or so, body length.

OH GAD
admittedly pretty cute.

the fuzzy dealies on his face always reminded me of wilford brimley-esque whiskers.

ive seen some about two inches in body length thankfully they stay in the garden lol

That sounds exaggerated. :P

Oh I am so sick of spiders already. :P

I live out in a country town in Louisiana. And already they are EVERYWHERE in numerous species. One recently built a five foot web between my mailbox and garbage bin in under an hour. Don't even get me started on the banana spiders!

I love banana spiders. :D

I do to. As long as they aren't smacking me in the face when I walk between trees. XD

omg <3 he is so adorable!!! awesome shot hun ^=^

Thanks :D

Wow great photo!!!!

looks a lot like a Hogna species. and he's quite the handsome fellow there too ^^

http://www.joshhillman.com/photos/H.....a-IMG_9763.jpg

Hogna would be my guess, but I can't be sure really. These get very hard to ID properly.

indeedimus, especially only from the face forward.

Gleeeeeeeee! Hello there lil' fella!


That's one hell of a shot. Love the way his eyes have come out. Damn but that's a perky little thing!


I must try and photograph my pet mantis. He's slowly getting bigger - now about 3cm long. His favourite dinner is pantry moth.

You have a Mantis? What species? I've kept several indigenous and exotic species, though all I can find wild where I am are Carolina mantises.

I'm in Australia. This one is a local species. I found the egg case, and didn't recognise it, so hatched it out and kept one of the nymphs asa pet. Seems to be a Orthodera Ministralis. I 'think'. Won't know until it reaches adult size (if it's an Orthodera, it will have bright blue spots oon the inside of its feeding arms)

He's a perky little guy! I like him!

Awesome, I've never had that species. What's the average adult size for that species? The S. Carolinas we have here average about 2/12 inches, with both genders being about equal in length (males are more slim & narrow with fully-usable wings while females are heavier-bodied with unusuable wings that only cover two-thirds of their abdomen).

Mmmm - if it IS one of these, then they get to be moderately large - about 41/2 inches long. Really green and pretty.

There's a BIG local mantis about 7 inches long that pops up in our trees every now and then. Very impressive - glossy brown and designed to look like raggedy leaf bark. My house mate walked in with one sitting in her hair the other night.

We get big ol' Chinese mantises, too.

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Oh! And we also have the most adorable itty bitty inch long mantises that look like dried tree resin - red and amber coloured. Damned hard to find, though!

is it normal that I like those big black eyes and that fuzzy body?

Sure!

Its so cute!! Photo Questionnn. It says your aperture is at f/10 .. when i put my camera on that it takes really slow pics so things move and get blurry. How did you get it so clear and perfect? Am I missing something/not understanding something about how to use aperture correctly? I have a canon t1i btw,

f/10 is a pretty narrow aperture. I compensated by bumping the ISO up a bit (400) making the sensor more sensitive.

Also, I'm using a flash, which adds a bunch of extra light to make up for it and allow me to use a fast shutter speed.

Simply amazing shot you :D
Beautiful specimen ^_^

Thanks :D <3

Yay, jumping spider avy!!!

err, that's not a jumper.

I'm talking about zugie-K's avatar, not the submission.

Oh, that makes sense now.

*Laughs and pats your shoulder, then meeps at your waving ears*

Spendid shot. Can see some wonderful detail there.
and what a familiar face. always have tons o these blokes laying in wait around the garden.
Makes me wanna do some bug hunting of my own. Maybe I'll go looking for their big brother the brown fishing spider.

I don't find enough Fishing/Nursery Web Spiders :P

These guys are everywhere around here. Ever watchful, ever vigilant.

It's a fantastic shot, it captures the essence of that gaze so amazingly well.

Thank you :)

Gorgeous shot! I wish I was better with macro photography :/

I wish I was better too :P

Thanks though :)

Quite the awesome shot. I see these guys every so often in my basement (or similar species) but they always go back into hiding before I can find my camera ^^;.

That's a pretty awesome picture. ^_^
Great how the focus came right on the eyes/head.

Thank you :D

After viewing your avatar, I felt compelled to unconsciously grab a can of RAID and spray my computer screen.

You owe me 200 dollars of repairs ;(

Pfft, if it was just the screen you should be able to wipe it off without any damage. :P
Though I admire your screen quality that makes the little avatar seem real enough for you to get out a can of RAID. :P

Besides, unless you are in or near a tree in Venezuela you're unlikely to run across the girl in my avatar unless you're in a pet store, a zoo or visiting someone who owns tarantuals (specifically a P. Irmina). ;)

LOL, I was teasing. ;) That's my personality- serious sarcasm.

Very, very nice shot. I aspire to take awesome macro pics like this someday!

I'm not that awesome. I still have a long way to go.

I've come across a couple big spiders like this guy recently, Huntsmans though, they're creepy and run real damn fast :o

Oh, this guy isn't very big at all really, especially compared to a huntsman. :P

I've run into two within the last week, and one little bugger like your friend here just the other day :V The rain season is starting, and it's coaxing them indoors

A spider, and one of Newt's quotes from Aliens. Woo!

I approve

I felt it was appropriate due to the mostly nocturnal nature of these guys.

Hehe

Great shot! It makes me want to pet him. C:

What a lovely-looking fellow. ; W ;

my mummy said there were no monsters, no real ones. but there are~

i wish i saw more spiders. you'd think being in australia i'd see more! i want a pet huntsman ;~;

You just gotta look for them is all :)

lol i do XD but considering our house and where we live, we should have a LOT more hunstmans!

I wish I had huntsmans :(

aww D= they're so cute~ and they're fun to scare americans with XD i have a friend in america who's terrified of spiders, especially australian ones. and one day i was like "lol, there's this little baby huntsman in the bathroom and he's probably still bigger than most of the spiders where you live XD muahahaha" =p

There are some huntsmen down in Florida and a few of the more arid environment species out west.

We do have some big spiders here in the southeast US. :)

haha really? cause he lives in florida XD

Yep! http://bugguide.net/node/view/18386/bgimage

oh wow =o

Awesome pic and lol Aliens refrence XD

nice! I've missed your bug photography!

That's a beautiful shot.