The other day I found this tiny ‘gangster’ running around in my garden. It was all over every plant as I chased and tried to shoot it with my macro lens, but ‘he’ was too fast.
His colours reflected the light and I fell in-love with him. Twice, when I got closer, he jumped onto the lens. I tried to not squash him by accident. I spotted something on his back when he jumped off the lens. It was a pattern that looked very close to a skull. Look at the picture below, can you spot it too?
I thought “gangster” was a good name for him. He quickly spun a web in the cherry tree and made it, his home while he waited for his next prey.
The next day, I checked, and the gangster was gone. I just hope the gangster had not become someone’s meal.
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Wow very cool pictures!
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Wow. The skull is cool. He looks poisonous; is he?
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No, he is harmless. 🙂 Yes I thought the skull was cool too. Thank you Sue.
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mmmm nice spider..we have lots of not so nice ones here 🙂
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Yes – some can kill you. 🙂
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loved those colors and i love spiders 🙂
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Thank you very much Joshi. I love spiders too.
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Gorgeous spider. Loved the pics. Sorry I’ve been out of touch. Was out of town. Trying to catch up on reading now.
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Thank you! You’re welcome – take your time. I have been away a lot too.
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Great photos, but yeeks!
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Thank you! Hahaha – I love them…they are not favourite critters of many.
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Is it a ‘Swift Ground Spider’ Joycelin?
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Hi Chris, I believe it’s a Dome Tent Spider. I could not be sure and the colouring makes me think it is a male.
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It certainly looks more like that – the following link only shows the female:
http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Spiders/Modern+Spiders+Infraorder+Araneomorphae/Orb-weaving+spiders/Tent+spiders#.Vk8kDISvJL8
But this other link shows a black version:
http://www.spiderzrule.com/tentspi.htm
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Chris I didn’t know you liked spiders…:)
Thank you for the link. I found two pregnant ones in the garden since. Will post later.
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I respect them – as I do all creatures Joycelin 😀
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What an amazing spider Joycelin 🙂 You did well to get any shots of him/her. Gangster is a great name 🙂
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Thank you so much for your comments. I really appreciate that.
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You’re welcome 🙂
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