There I was minding my own business when I found a spider minding her own business. I don't mind spiders in the slightest. However, it was in the bedroom, so it is somewhat unlikely to find any food and likely to get flattened.
| Photographer | @richardslater |
|---|---|
| F-Stop | f/6.3 |
| Focal Length | 70mm |
| Exposure | 1/1000 sec |
| ISO | 500 |
| Camera | Sony A6600 |
| Lens | Sigma 70mm f/2.8 Art DG MACRO |
| Taken | Thursday, 06 July 2023 11:06 |
With a bit of zooming in on my phone and using Google Lens and the fact that the thing jumped a lot, I established that this was a Zebra Spider, a species of jumping spider - or dancing spider if you speak Latin.
| Photographer | @richardslater |
|---|---|
| F-Stop | f/6.3 |
| Focal Length | 70mm |
| Exposure | 1/2500 sec |
| ISO | 500 |
| Camera | Sony A6600 |
| Lens | Sigma 70mm f/2.8 Art DG MACRO |
| Taken | Thursday, 06 July 2023 11:03 |
I trapped her with the time-honoured empty glass and bit of cardboard method intent on releasing her back into the wild. Surprisingly she was highly adept at climbing glass, although she struggled for the first thirty seconds.
| Photographer | @richardslater |
|---|---|
| F-Stop | f/6.3 |
| Focal Length | 70mm |
| Exposure | 1/1600 sec |
| ISO | 500 |
| Camera | Sony A6600 |
| Lens | Sigma 70mm f/2.8 Art DG MACRO |
| Taken | Thursday, 06 July 2023 11:05 |
I left her to chill while I hung around on the decking, trying to get more shots through the glass; she soon ventured out of the glass and onto the decking. I was half expecting her to scurry away.
| Photographer | @richardslater |
|---|---|
| F-Stop | f/6.3 |
| Focal Length | 70mm |
| Exposure | 1/2000 sec |
| ISO | 500 |
| Camera | Sony A6600 |
| Lens | Sigma 70mm f/2.8 Art DG MACRO |
| Taken | Thursday, 06 July 2023 11:05 |
And indeed, she did briefly dash away from the cardboard; however, once she encountered the decking, she was much more cautious and explored her surroundings.
| Photographer | @richardslater |
|---|---|
| F-Stop | f/6.3 |
| Focal Length | 70mm |
| Exposure | 1/1600 sec |
| ISO | 500 |
| Camera | Sony A6600 |
| Lens | Sigma 70mm f/2.8 Art DG MACRO |
| Taken | Thursday, 06 July 2023 11:06 |
After a while, she was pretty happy chilling in the sun, probably wondering why this big reflective thing (the lens) kept approaching her. She didn't seem overly bothered by the fact that I was taking pictures and chilled for a few minutes before making her escape under the decking.
Since reviewing my images and watching Travis McEnery's excellent YouTube Video found out how intelligent these creatures are and how they predate mainly on mosquitos - they are firmly on our side.
I hope you enjoyed this visit from our arachnid friend, I do hope she will stick around as fewer flies would be great.
It's good that there are no spider spiders :)
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Female zebra spiders?? It’s really a new term I’ve learnt from your post
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very amzing creatures spiders , nice shots
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Wow, I have never seen before a female spider and the photos of the spider are lovely.