Arachnoboards best of collection: IMAGES

[Steve Nunn]

Hi,
I sent this image to Sõren Rafn yesterday, who remarked it was one of the best breeding images he's ever seen. I've always felt it was the best breeding image I've ever seen too. The image is owned by a good friend Rolf Bottenbruch and was taken on a 3 year old 3mp camera But Rolf is a great photographer, as the image shows. I've seen a lot of great images here, but I thought maybe a thread for those "kodak" moments, where an image captures something a little more interesting then just the spider/s. Someone's images who spring to mind are a fair number Martin Huber's pictures, taken on a similar MP camera.......

The quality of the camera is irrelevant.....

Anyhow, thinking of all that, this is the best breeding image I've seen so far (for obvious reasons), Phlogius crassipes KOCH 1874:

Cheers,
Steve

 

[Steve Nunn]

Here's another one I like, this is Selenotholus sp. "glenelva" eating a rhino beetle larvae with a cool stare:

Steve

 

[CedrikG]

Ok, i'll post what I think interesting, not necessary nice shot, but unusual

Heres a pic I find intersting .. it might look like a treat display, but it was about 1 sec or even less before the irminia stryke on the cricket, perfect timing

same thing here ... 1 sec after the cricket was gone

heres a shot I love and rarely saw on the internet, we can see the bulb AND the spur, instead of only seeing the spur or the bulb

a centipede sharing a meal with a super worm

male view

A male geniculata loading its embolus, with a kleenex box in background

Sorry if they're not that unusual

 

[Steffen]

Don't know if these qualify, but I sure find them interesting.

Chilobrachys in a bit unusual spermweb and you can actually see the sperm.

My "famous" lividum-on-a-stick picture.

Caught one of my roseas webbing and the web at the spinnerets showed some nice colors.

Interesting picture of a Psalmopoeus pulcher male with blue eyes, allthough not very special but very beautiful.

 

[Lasiodora]

I've posted these before but here are a few I thought were interesting:

Phormictopus breeding

Citharischius crawshayi breeding


-Mike

 

[DavidRS]

A male geniculata loading its embolus, with a kleenex box in background

I didn't see his copy of Playboy and a flashlight.;P

 

[TheNatural]

These are my G.pulchra mating

 

[bloodred1889]

i was waiting for someone to do a best of thread, coz there really are some amazing pics on here

 

[Hedorah99]

Two of my fav's. First is my P. murinus rushing out of hius den to get a dubia nymph.

Here he is enjoying a meal.

 

[MRL]

A. braunshauseni enjoying a meal

B. auratum doing the same, notice the fang!

A. geniculata doing a bad job of hiding

A. geniculata post molt stretch!

G. pulchra digging

M. robustum digging

P. subfusca

P. regalis

P. regalis

 

[MRL]

How are these for some insertions?

A. avicularia

H. gigas

 

[CedrikG]

Hahaha we can even see some sperm near the epigastric on this Hysterocrate sp. picture

 

[YouLosePayUp]

3.2 mp HP

Brachypelma albopilosum breeding:

Homeomma sp. enjoying large meal:

 

[Steffen]

Btw. Steve, I will have to agree with you and Søren. It is a very unique mating picture. The lighting is very special! Where the hell is John Paul Young and Barry White when you need them?

 

[SilverNitrate]

http://pseudonymseven.googlepages.com/DSC_0145.JPG

I think this one really shows G. rosea's subtle coloring.

 

[Scorpendra]

if any of my T pics can even be called decent, here:

note the pre/postmolt color change in the P. cancerides photos.

 

[Steve Nunn]

Great pics people!!

I really like the superworm eating with the centipede, that is classical!! The breeding images are awesome too!

This is another of my favourite "breeding images", dwarf male species from the Selenotypus that did not quite go as planned (give us a kiss):

Steve

 

[Philth]

Grammostola rosea

I call this one the "beginner spider" notice the venom droplets

 

[GailC]

Heres my rosie telling me what she thought of being prodded with a paint brush.

and what happened when I didn't listen, glad it wasn't my hand.

 

[Steve Nunn]

Here are 2 images of a very unhappy Selenotypus sp. "nebo", in the second image she is about 1' off the ground, took her about 25 seconds before she let go.....

Steve