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Gordon C. Snelling · Post by **Gordon C. Snelling** » Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:09 pm

Its been awhile, but I'm still around. Was watering the veggies the other day and came across this crab spider with an afternoon snack.

After it got a better hold on things the spider drew itself back up to the leaf.

I had a tough time with these as the wind immediately began blowing when I picked up the camera.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 4:38 pm

I love predator--prey photos Gordon. This spider must have snuck up on the poor bee from behind. Usually you see them biting around the head area. This guy went right for the tenderloin.

PhilH · Post by **PhilH** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:05 pm

Well caught pics but they are rather 'noisey'

Gordon C. Snelling · Post by **Gordon C. Snelling** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 5:59 pm

Thanks Phil and Doug. Pred prey are great shots and sometimes tough to catch, got lucky on these ones. Phil, noisy how??

salden · Post by **salden** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:13 pm

Hi Gordon

I think what Phil means is the images have a grain to them. Also the first one is larger than 800 pixels on the longest side, which is the limit for the forum.

In any case, an excellent capture on the action.

Gordon C. Snelling · Post by **Gordon C. Snelling** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:19 pm

Sue
Many thanks. I wondered if the grain was what he was referring to, for the life of me I can not figure where it came from although I have noticed a bit of a drop off in quality from my camera lately. I will resize and post the larger image. Ooops

DaveW · Post by **DaveW** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 10:49 pm

Well you certainly answered my question here as to if crab spiders spinerettes were still functional:-

http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... php?t=2710

DaveW

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:10 pm

That first picture is a marvelous capture -- perfect focus on the entire dragline as well as the spider and prey -- very nice!

The resized version looks better from a noise standpoint, too. (I saw the full-sized version earlier.)

--Rik

Gordon C. Snelling · Post by **Gordon C. Snelling** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:32 am

Thanks Rik. When I resized, I did a bit of noise cleanup as well. The noise is bothering me, I hope my camera is not getting ready to bite the dust.

Dave as you have noted the spinerettes do work. I commonly find crabs in little silk enclosures similar to those made by jumpers. Usually they will make these when laying eggs.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:32 am

A big difference Gordon