Spider Appreciation Thread

[microrobert]

Steatoda nobilis (Theridiidae)

[microrobert]

Spider (Salticidae) in copal from Madagascar. Size of specimen 3.2 mm

[Linebacker]

People need to fucking appreciate spiders more.They are the perfect predators.

[Kazimiera]

People need to fucking appreciate spiders more.They are the perfect predators.

You can start by posting more pictures of them in this thread.

[Kazimiera]

Whether you're a fan of spiders or not, you've gotta appreciate the art of macro photography.

Unlike regular photographs, these spiders have been captured using a technique known as "macro photography."





This is when photographers use special macro lenses to zoom up on their subjects. In this case, it’s a bunch of hairy spiders.





Spiders can be incredibly difficult to photograph, causing a lot of blurriness. So, some photographers actually stitch multiple photos together in order to get a fully focused shot of the jumpy creatures.





As a result, these macro shots allow us to be more curious about our world—just look at the incredible detail of these arachnids.





Who knew they were so hairy, or quite so beautiful (yes, I said beautiful to describe a spider).





And while these spiders look like they’re posing for the camera, they’re incredibly restless, so the photographer needs as much patience as possible to produce these sorts of images.







Thank goodness these are all magnified. These images are incredible, but definitely preventing me from sleeping tonight.


Source: http://news.distractify.com/fun/anim...o-photography/

[microrobert]

Mexican Pink tarantula

[Linebacker]

These creatures are created to dominate

[microrobert]

Female goldenrod crab spider

[Minesweeper]

Picture of Wolf Spider I took two weeks ago.

[♥ Lily ♥]

Wow! That's the first time I've ever seen a blue coloured spider! I find spiders fascinating and let the smaller ones run around my home as they make good hunters and I like them, but I wouldn't like to live near those big hairy ones with the huge fangs on them as they make me feel very on-edge.

Spiders are intriguing though; the strength of spider silk, they way they can built their webs and houses from birth, their sensitivities to vibrations, all their eyes and legs, and the way they can walk upside-down on ceilings where the heat rises and where they mostly hunt.