Ogre spider drinking a water droplet

I had to share another image of the ogre spider currently spending time in my house porch.

This past week, I've enjoyed the company of a male ogre spider that has been spending time on one of my ferns in the house porch.

I sit there completely entranced watching him.

One morning, I gave a fine mist of water close to where he was resting....he made his way over and I saw him gently take a droplet between his fangs to drink. I've never seen this before in an ogre spider, only orb weavers.

When I first put this image up on the computer, it made me smile to see that by chance, my flash had made a heart shape on the water droplet. My whimsical thought was, 'it's a thank you'. (Enlarge image to see the love heart best).

Also commonly known as net-casting spiders.

Male Asianopis subrufa, body length 20 mm.