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I will hug you...


I will hug you...
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Copyright: Norbert Gorski (hekcik) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 330 W: 15 N: 305] (1823)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-05-05
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon 350D, Industar 2,8/50mm, RAW ISO 200, Extension Tube
Exposure: f/5.6, 1/500 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-05-29 18:55
Viewed: 1100
Points: 46
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Park Natolinski, Canon 350D + Industar 2,8/50mm

misumena vatia


Geographic Range

Crab spiders occur all around the world, but Misumena vatia is only found in North America and Europe (Anaconda II 1998; Kaston and Kaston 1956)

Habitat

This type of spider is terrestrial and is known to be found on fences, vegetation, and on flowers like trillium, white fleabane, white flower, and goldenrod. (Comstock 1965)

M.vatia resembles a crab, for its body is short, wide, and flattened. The first two pairs of legs are larger than the hind legs and held open -- the spider uses them to grab its prey. Females are 6 to 9 mm long, males are smaller: 3 to 4 mm. The female is light colored -- the carapace and legs are white or yellow with darker sides, and sometimes dark reddish markings on the abdomen. The male is darker over all: the carapace is a red to reddish brown with a white spot in the middle ascending to the eye area. The first and second legs are reddish brown, the third and fourth are yellow. The male also has a pair of dorsal and lateral parallel bands of red with a white background. The jaws of this spider are small and slender, and contain venom.

Behavior

Crab spiders easily walk sideways and backwards as well as forward.
They do not spin webs, and only use their silk to protect their eggs.
This species will change its color to match the background it is hiding on, usually a flower. It sits on a flower or on the ground and waits for its prey to pass and uses its front legs to grasp it. It uses its small fangs to inject its prey with venom, which immobilizes its prey. It does not wrap its prey with silk but instead holds it's prey until it sucks all of its bodily fluids dry. (Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 1997, Comstock 1965)

Food Habits

This spider feeds on invertebrates. It hunts on the ground or on vegetation, and it is able to attack larger insects then itself because of its venom. Some of the insects it feeds on are flies, butterflies, grasshoppers, and especially bees. This species often hides on a flower, and ambushes insects that land there. (Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia 1997, Anaconda II 1998)

Predation

The main defense of this species is camouflage. It can bite other invertebrates, but that doesn't help against larger animals. Its fangs are too short and its venom is too weak.

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TAZ, eruyanik, red45, dew77, firelord, liziafa, marhowie, christophe, thistle, cecilia, pablominto, peter_stoeckl, timonejoon, cmarzano, thor68 has marked this note useful
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Hi Norbert,
This is an excellent macro! I really like the frame filling composition and crop. The spider looks great. Well saturated colors and sharp detail in this. Nice work!
Sott

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  • odin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 196 W: 1 N: 213] (1143)
  • [2006-05-29 20:33]

Hi Norbert, It is a very nice shot of this spider. Everything is perfects, colors sharpnees, etc. Well Done
Sébastien

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  • TAZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2385 W: 50 N: 3184] (10918)
  • [2006-05-30 3:56]

Wow ! What an impressive little spider that you have very well captured !Yes, she seems to want me ;-) Good composition, colors, exposure, DOF and sharpness. Congratulations Norbert and thanks for sharing.

Hello Norbert, great shot! I'm sure she wants to hug you, but I don't know what she plans after that ;-) Face details superb and she was really looking at you! Very interesting scene. I love it's pose with the diagonal widened legs! Keep it up my friend!
Thank you and best regards,
Ersin

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  • aido Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1097 W: 168 N: 1218] (4046)
  • [2006-05-30 4:46]

Hi Norbert,
Good title :-) Excellent macro shot, excellent composition and framing. Beautiful colours and tones, great detail. Excellent work!
Cheers,
Adrian

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2830 W: 75 N: 8024] (26861)
  • [2006-05-30 4:59]

Czesc Norbert!
Kolejny piekny maluch :-) Kwietniki swietnie wychodza na zdjeciach wraz ze swoimi kwiatami. Nie inaczej jest tym razem. Bardzo dobre makro polaczone ze swietna notka.

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 5171 W: 297 N: 4050] (13069)
  • [2006-05-30 6:57]

Hello Norbert,
Excellent POV and capture.I liked colors,DOF you managed and composition a lot.TFS...:-)

Witaj,
Znakomite makro. BDB kompozycja i kolory.
Wspaniala ostrosc i Twoja technika :-)
Pozdrawiam Malgosia

Hi Norbert,
Really like the soft blend of colors seen in the BG here..Excellent detail, POV, exposure, and framing..You missed a couple of small sensor spots :)
Very well done and TFS!

Hi Norbert
Great macro and colors, excellent composition and BG
Regards Christophe

Witaj ponownie,
To jest jeszcze lepsze! ... glownie dlatego ze pajaki lubie duzo bardziej niz muchy ;-)
Tlo jest bardzo kolorowe i swietnie gra z bialym pajakiem.
Naprawde super!

You got incredible detail in this image---This one is a WOW! very colourful!

Wow! This should make people with arachnopobia really scared. This is an excellent perspective on this crab spider, the lighting is very nice. Well done Norbert. :)

Hello Norbert,
Wow! Not my favourite among the living creatures, but I feel comparatively safe when I can admire your superb photograph!
Excellent details in front legs and head, pleasant framing and good colours!
Greetings,
Pablo -

Hi Norbert,
Great macro! Excellent POV and very nice colours.
Very well done!

realy close Norbert,
I like the macro, the pov is very good and I like the details of his face and the good dof, very good job.
gr. jaap

Hi Norbert,
very impressive and unusual portrait of the crab spider!
Excellent on focus, exciting composition.
Very powerful piece of art. Thank you!
Best regards,
Peter

:)

Hi Norbert

Another intresting shot, i like the way the spider make a pose, like he wants to attack you. very nice POV and DOF.
well done

TFS
timon

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  • DOBIS Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 126 W: 16 N: 170] (632)
  • [2006-06-06 16:30]

Hi Norbert,
very nice datail and colours, great sharp eyes.
Tomas

Excelente toma dela araña cangrejo con la vision delos ojos en detalle.
Gracias por sus comentarios
saludos
CARLOS

hi
magnifique macro,la netteté est bonne les couleurs belles et le bg reussi.bravo.
laurent

Hi Norbert,

I really like this picture. Good focus, DOF and nice composition. Well done.

Jan-Hendrik

Hi Norbert,
a wonderful close and sharp shot.
These crab-spiders are so interesting, I was so happy also to see one this year in my garden. Very well done, thanks
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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