Cute Spider
by Doris Potter
Title
Cute Spider
Artist
Doris Potter
Medium
Photograph
Description
A cute Jumping Spider stops to check me over.
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May 30th, 2013
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Comments (11)
Sandi Mikuse
What an amazing macro shot, Doris! You got such a clear, perfect shot of this very cool little Jumping Spider. Aren't they the cutest?! They can jump soooo far for such little guys! Love this! L
Doris Potter replied:
Thanks Sandi. I agree - they are the cutest. I've come to really appreciate them. :-)
Kathy Gibbons
wow FANTASTICLY AWESOMELY WAY COOL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) V
April Wietrecki
This is fantastic Doris! These little guys are so cute, but they don't like to sit still for long. Nice job! v/f
Carol Senske
fave'd again - so terrific a shot! It is probably a female but it could be a young male without noticable palps. A mature male has boxing gloves in front - check this out ( http://fineartamerica.com/featured/an-orchid-for-mlady-jumping-spider-phidippus-audax-carol-senske.html ), In a male, the body (abdomen) also appears smaller and usually thinner than a female. The male palps all are unique to species and they are one way to properly ID a spider. Some have twists and turns, some have groves and points - you name it. This is the organ they insert into the female epigynum (also used for correct ID) to pass on sperm. Mating is a dangerous and sometimes deadly occupation for males; I used to help my Dad with his spider studies and sometimes I spent hour upon hour recording how a pair of spiders mated. It was much more fun going into the field and collecting. He discovered a parthenogenic spider species and we raised many generations to prove they were truly parthenogenic - this was, believe it or not, a difficult task and it meant also raising Collembola to feed them. Back to your original question - sexes can vary significantly, especially at maturity, and the males always have boxing gloves:>). Here is one of Dad's many papers; this one is still popular and requests for reprints continue to dribble in all these years later - it is an interesting subject! My brother did all the collecting over a space of a few years - he was a mailman and had access to many mailboxes:>) Spiders love mailboxes! ( http://www.americanarachnology.org/joa_free/joa_v25_n1/joa_v25_p20.pdf )
Doris Potter replied:
Hi Carol! Thanks for another fave. (I didn't know you could do it more than once). And thanks for all this information!! I checked out your photo again and see what you mean about the palps. I didn't know your Dad was an arachnologist and that your family was so involved in spiders! I read a good part of your Dad's paper and it was fascinating! Coincidentally, a cousin of mine and I were talking today about spiders travelling on air currents and we called it "sailing" but I see the correct term is "ballooning". Thanks so much for adding to my education of Nature!
Carol Senske
She is a sweetie! Excellent photo, Doris - it gives her personality:>) V/F
Doris Potter replied:
Thanks Carol! I notice you called it "she", does that mean it is a female? Do the sexes differ significantly? (Appearance-wise I mean - I didn't want that to sound like a dumb question! Lol)
David and Carol Kelly
Wow! Fantastic shot! What kind of lense are you using? f/v
Doris Potter replied:
Thanks David and Carol. (You don't see all the shots of him that I missed!). My lens is a newly purchased Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM. It has taken some getting used to but I am doing better with it now.