Window Dressing

This guy was hanging on a window on our patio. With flash in hand (off camera) I popped him. This is another example of using 400mm at close range to achieve a greater DOF and still retail high IQ and a 1:3 acceptable image size in place of macro lenses.

comments (5)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Inspecting this in full screen mode using "load original", I can only conclude that this is a perfect example of tele macro in action! Posted 9 years ago

Vodkaman

Lion

I do not think your ID is correct. The patterns are wrong, legs, eyes, male palps are all wrong. From the eyes and the legs, I would say that this looks like a huntsman.

Try olios giganteus see what you think.

Dave Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago
1. Stephen Philips
  
  Lion
  
  I am not convenced. The eye pattern of the olios is 4 over 4 for one. Hard to determine in my capture but it is clearly 2 over 4. Legs on the olios are generally longer in proportion to its body than what I experienced on this one.
  
  http://bugguide.net/node/view/451931
  Posted 9 years ago

Annette Flottwell

Lion

agree on the huntsman... you are probably right. I'm no expert but we have a very similar one here. Posted 9 years ago
1. Stephen Philips
  
  Lion
  
  I am not convenced. The eye pattern of the olios is 4 over 4 for one. Hard to determine in my capture but it is clearly 2 over 4. Legs on the olios are generally longer in proportion to its body than what I experienced on this one.
  
  http://bugguide.net/node/view/451931 Posted 9 years ago

The Hogna carolinensis

''Hogna carolinensis'', also known as the Carolina wolf spider, is usually regarded as the largest of the wolf spiders found in North America. The body length of females is typically 25 millimetres , and the body length of males is typically around 19 mm . Members of this species are known to live in burrows that they dig.

The undersides of the cephalothax and the abdomen are both solid black. Their large eyes reflect light well, so that they are sometimes hunted at night using a flashlight.
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Similar species: Spiders

Species identified by Stephen Philips