Some Wild Florida Spiders :)

[John Koerner]

Slender Nursery Spider (Pisaurina undulata) - ?

Woodland Jumper (Thiodina sylvana) - F

Magnolia Jumper (Lyssomanes viridis) - F

Rosemary Crab Spider (Misumenops bellulus) - F
Color variant, found only on wild rosemary in Ocala National Forest​

Enjoy!

Jack




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[Leora22]

wow these are some amazing shots i love the woodland jumper pic really nice

 

[beetleman]

florida............now that's what i'm talkin about:clap: awesome pics as always.

 

[cnapple]

Gorgeous photos! Love the magnolia jumper!

 

[John Koerner]

Glad you like the images, and thank you for the comments

Jack




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[fartkowski]

Very nice shots.
That first one is very interesting

 

[John Koerner]

Thanks & I agree!

Jack


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[pavel]

Those are awesome!

 

[tarantulagirl10]

WOW! These photos are amazing!!

 

[Kris-wIth-a-K]

Nice pics. You need to come down here to rhe ocala national forest. There are TONS more out here. Then again you can go to the prarie and look too but its not as fun as here especially at night.

 

[xhexdx]

Kris,

That's where he collected/photographed those spiders.

 

[ZephAmp]

I enjoy jumpers just as much as any other guy, but personally, I think that nursery spider is one of the coolest spiders I've ever seen.

 

[John Koerner]

Well, glad everyone likes the photos, so I will post a few more

Striped Lynx (Oxyopes salticus) - F

Black-And-Red Jumper (Phidippus clarus) - M

Woodland Jumper (Thiodina sylvana) - M (s.a.)​

Enjoy!

Jack

PS: Oh, and to Kris, Joe is partially right: the Magnolia Jumper and the Rosemary Crab were both found in the Ocala National Forest ... though I have Magnolia Greens here too. However every other spider photo was taken of specimens found on my property


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I enjoy jumpers just as much as any other guy, but personally, I think that nursery spider is one of the coolest spiders I've ever seen.

I agree!

And I've got an Ogre-Faced Spider that I caught, that is similarly-neat, that I will try to take some good photos of later today


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[xhexdx]

And I've got an Ogre-Faced Spider that I caught, that is similarly-neat, that I will try to take some good photos of later today

Did you catch this on your property? I need to find some of these guys!

 

[John Koerner]

Did you catch this on your property? I need to find some of these guys!

Yes I did Joe ... here are a couple shots of it

Ogre-Faced Spider (Deinopis spinosa)

Enjoy!

Jack



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[Musicwolf]

Absolutely wild! Thanks for sharing these photos!

 

[Toogledoo]

These are all great shots! Those are some pretty unique and cool spiders!

 

[tarcan]

beautiful pictures, first one is my favourite... been thinking of a trip to Florida for bug photography, sounds very promising!

 

[John Koerner]

Thanks for the kind words & glad you enjoyed the photos

Caught a bunch more today & will post photos later tonight or tomorrow!

Jack

PS: Hey Joe! Caught another Ogrefaced Spider today ... any time you want to come out and look, the 50 acres I live on will yield 10-1 in volume in an hour to what Ocala National Forest yielded in a day. It sounds like I am exaggerating, but after you come over I will bet you will agree


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[xhexdx]

Sounds great, we'll plan a trip up there soon!