Sleeping Spiders Are Best Left Alone!

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:04 pm

Asleep

Awake

(Data both images)
EOS 20D
1/250 sec. @ f/6.3 ISO 100
430EX Canon Speedlite (-1/3)
EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Canon Macro USM

salden · Post by **salden** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:28 pm

These are great Ken. You make me proud

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 6:44 pm

Yeah...well...er...uh...I had to go to the bathroom afterwards.

Thanks Sue.

The spider wasn't all that big anyway. It was just a little teenie thing, the flash woke him up. It was funny how he jumped up and looked at me all of a sudden, caught him by surprise.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:40 pm

Cool looking spider Ken. Has some crazy looking eyes.great shots

Mike B in OKlahoma · Post by **Mike B in OKlahoma** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:48 pm

Ken Ramos wrote:Yeah...well...er...uh...I had to go to the bathroom afterwards. T:D

If you had to go to the bathroom afterwards, that's a success...I'd have just ruined a pair of underwear, I think!

paul · Post by **paul** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:42 am

I'm glad you woke her up, Ken. These are great shots, good lighting. Do you have any idea of ID?

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:52 am

MikeB replied:

If you had to go to the bathroom afterwards, that's a success...I'd have just ruined a pair of underwear, I think!

If the spider had gotten on me then I think that might have been the case.

Paul asked:

Do you have any idea of ID?

No idea Paul, I suppose I could find it in BugGuide but then I would have to look through hundereds of creepy spider photographs.

Beetleman replied:

Has some crazy looking eyes.great shots

Thanks Doug, spider eyes are crazy looking indeed, especially when they are looking at me.

paul · Post by **paul** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 12:41 pm

Ken Ramos wrote: No idea Paul, I suppose I could find it in BugGuide but then I would have to look through hundereds of creepy spider photographs.

I had hoped to delegate this little chore to you.

But eventually I found it: Acacesia hamata.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:14 pm

WOW

Good find Paul.........

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 2:31 pm

Thanks Paul, you saved me a couple of hours of creepy skin crawling.