Wednesday, June 03, 2009

Janet and the Jumping Spider



Janet is brave. As she says in this video, "I love spiders". Visit Midwestern Native Plants for more of her adventures. This little guy, or big guy, is from Cave Lake YMCA camp, which graciously hosted our Ohio Heritage Naturalist group this past saturday. I've seen and photographed this type of spider before, but I never knew that you could hold them. They have green eyes- you might just be able to get a glimpse of them when I zoom in a bit. As far as the movie goes, I made it on the old Mac G4 that DrJaymez hooked me up with. iMovie is quite fun. Any other nature bloggers using Macs?

Tom

Featured comment from Janet herself:

"Oops, I forgot to tell you. That is the Bold jumping Spider, Phidippus audax. The chelicerae are what is green, instead of the eyes. It can be distinguished from the Regal Jumping Spider, Phidippus regius by the flat black spots on its abdomen around the three white one. It is hard to see unless in the right light, but it showed up in my pics."
Posted by at
Labels: , , ,

9 comments:

  1. myonlyphoto6/04/2009 12:24:00 AM

    Ouch ouch, but you know we keep most of the spiders at home anyway, as they probably eat other creatures, at least I hope they do, lol. Anna :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Janet Creamer Martin6/04/2009 09:11:00 AM

    Wow, I didn't know you were going to post it! How cool. Now I am famous! :)

    Word verication: Hallucia-yes I often have bouts of hallucia when I eat the mushrooms I find in the woods :)

    ReplyDelete
  3. Janet Creamer Martin6/04/2009 09:28:00 AM

    Oops, I forgot to tell you. That is the Bold jumping Spider, Phidippus audax. The chelicerae are what is green, instead of the eyes. It can be distinguished from the Regal Jumping Spider, Phidippus regius by the flat black spots on its abdomen around the three white one. It is hard to see unless in the right light, but it showed up in my pics.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Anonymous6/04/2009 09:55:00 AM

    I don't mind spiders and have photographed a lot of them but I am not about to let them crawl on me.

    I have a newer iMac that my son uses when he comes up from Florida. I don't use it that much because I don't really have that many programs.

    I managed to get a new blog started a few days ago. It is only about flowers.

    Our Flower Pot

    ReplyDelete
  5. John Theberge6/04/2009 12:51:00 PM

    Cool video, thanks for sharing it. This jumping spider is a lot bigger than the ones I've seen and photographed.
    You left a comment on one of my hummingbird photos asking how I got the shot. Check my posting today for an explanation. John

    ReplyDelete
  6. Tom Arbour6/04/2009 05:31:00 PM

    Thanks John, I already beat you to the punch. I wondered what telephoto lens that you were using, I'm considering buying Canon L glass in the future.

    Tom

    ReplyDelete
  7. Mary6/04/2009 09:15:00 PM

    Janet is braver than I am. Let the spiders keep their distance. I won't bother them if they don't bother me.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Chris6/04/2009 10:47:00 PM

    Tom, I'm enjoying your video and sedge slide show (say that 5 times real fast!) how neat!
    Chris

    ReplyDelete
  9. Tom Arbour6/07/2009 05:08:00 PM

    Thanks everyone. Chris- I couldn't even say Sedge Slide Show once without saying Sedge Schlide Shlow!

    Tom

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)