Latrodectus mactans "Black Widow"

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Latrodectus mactans "Black Widow"

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ImageBlack Widow by mygale, auf Flickr

I received this black widow (0.1 Latrodectus mactans) a couple months ago, she came here with a car import from the US and I adopted her. I had this exact image in mind for a couple days but getting it wasn’t that easy.

Sony Alpha 7RII
Tamron 90mm Macro - ~0,9:1x, ƒ8
Cognisys Stackshot - 45x580µm
2x Godox AD200 - 1/64
7168*4778px
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Incredible capture

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Fantastic lighting. Great pic!

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Ominous! Great image.

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It almost looks mechanical.

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Nice work!

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Wow! A spectacularly well done photo!

Thanks for posting!

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Impressive!
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Thanks, everyone!

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Part II

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ImageBlack Widow by mygale, auf Flickr

Here we have one of the bigger juveniles from my black widow's offspring. Juvenile widows are brighter colored, with streaks and marks. The little widow on the image has a body length of around 1 cm with legs.

Sony Alpha 7RII
Canon MP-E 65 - ~2,8:1x, ƒ5,6
Cognisys Stackshot - 69x150µm -> Helicon 9xC
2x Godox AD200 - 1/32
Around 5h total for this image.

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Also very nice!
But you did turn this upside-down. Right?
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yup that was intended.

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ImageBlack Widow Macro by mygale, auf Flickr

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