Click here for a larger view as flickr tends to over-sharpen these smaller thumbnails! This apparently tipsy female Phidippus regius female (found by a helpful Guillaume Dury) was more than willing to pose for photos from several attendees at the 2012 Bugshot workshop. Given that one of my ultimate goals while in Florida was to find this exact species - I'm grateful that I finally got a chance to photograph one of North America's largest and most beautiful Phidippus species! The image above is a single shot taken with a 50mm prime reversed on a set of extension tubes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you're into macro photography, entomology, or just want to hang out in Central America - I'm proud to announce I will once again co-instructing a Bugshot, a macro-photography workshop with Alex Wild, John Abbott, and Piotr Naskrecki - this time in BELIZE! More information can be found here and here
youtu.be/VEAMq3y0950 This peacock spider from Western Australia was previously known as Saitis speciosus but has now been included in Maratus. The orange hairs are only visible during the display. If you want to read the paper where this species is illustrated in more detail you can download Peckhamia 103.1 from here (might take a couple of minutes) peckhamia.com/peckhamia/PECKHAMIA_103.1.pdf
Pandora is a tarantula. She is also a model. Those two factors aren't coincidence. Pandora's owner was once afraid of spiders but eventually not only overcame her fear, but also came to love the creatures and adopt dozens of them as pets.In an effort to get others to overcome their fear of spiders and hopefully come to love the creatures, she started taking pictures of her pets. She soon discovered that Pandora was a perfect model and in the process started posting delightful photos of her baby on Facebo...
Spider Monkeys are number 5 on The Most Extreme Appendages. When you're jumping around up to 30 meters above the forest floor, it's safer to have five hands instead of four. That's why spider monkeys have a long, strong tail. Their body weighs around eight kilograms, but their tails are so strong, that have no trouble holding their full weight while hanging upside down. On the tip is a fleshy hairless pad with grooves similar to a human palm, which help them to grip branches or grasp fruit and b
Discover incredible extinct animals that used to roam the Earth, and learn about the de-extinction projects attempting to bring some of them back.
Hello. Inclusion Inside Natural Baltic Amber Piece : Nice Jumping Spider. Salticidae. Araneae. Amber weight - 1.57 gram Amber size - 2 cm / 1.6 cm / 0.7 cm Inclusion ~ 0.4 cm Pictures are larger - please check diemensions and pictures with line ( line is in cm / mm ) : Feel free to ask me for more and better resolution photos ! Baltic Amber is a light material and thats why the weight is so low. Also feel free to ask me for any questions about Baltic amber or inclusions. This is the passion of my life - i am collector and trader Age of Baltic amber is about 40-54 million years - it was EOCENE ERA. Baltic Amber it is fossil resin. Inclusions - everything trapped inside amber - animals and plants but also detritus, air bubbles, sometimes enhydros ( running water drops ), acari, extermely rare mammalian hairs, even freshwater shrimps or bird feathers. Inside many baltic amber pieces we also can see Stellate Hairs ( Oak ) very characteristic for Baltic Amber. For observation its good to have loupe or microscope. Great stuff for a collector or enthusiast of insects. I accept PAYPAL AND ETSY PAYMENTS ! Shipping including cardboard box for safe transport + bubble envelope ( box with amber is inside envelope ) I dont sell any Fake, Copal or Plastic imitations. All ambers i got from Baltic amber coast. I am waiting for payment max 5 days. If you buy it you have to be sure. I accept returns only when item is damaged by post office. Becouse of microscope light and photocamera - colours can be different. Soon more very interesting inclusions and also very rare pieces. Thank you for visit. Please check my other auctions with Baltic Amber inclusions !!! Regards Artur
Rainbow Jumping Spider, Maratus robinsoni. Read more here. Photos by: Peter Robo
Today: A colourful spider, 3D art, a giant baby, and creative mugshots.
National Geographic Magazine’s annual photo contest is still open, but the deadline for submissions coming up on November 16, 2015.
