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Night Is Filled Wth Eyes
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Night Is Filled Wth Eyes

by Lucy VanSwearingen

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted March 23, 2015105 views6 comments
The Night Is Filled With Eyes!
this Mama wolf spider was hanging around my back porch. I thought she was cool...but, when I saw the beady little eyes of some of her babies and her own creepy eyes , I knew this was a keeper.

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6 comments
Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on March 23, 2015 at 7:38 PM
EWWWW! :biggrin: Otherwise, a somber pano of the spider. Well done! :toast:
Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on March 23, 2015 at 9:53 PM
The light/heavy dark combo makes this quite dramatic, Lucy, and the crop emphasizes the shape of this spider. Cool catch.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by Monica Orchard on March 24, 2015 at 8:37 PM
Nature has a way of being repulsive and fascinating at the same time. Really like the crop and the reflection in the little pebbles under the spider.
Registered on March 4, 2015, 11 Posts, 73 Comments
Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on March 24, 2015 at 9:27 PM
VERY VERY creepy, but cool Lucy. I am not a big fan of spiders, so this would have most likely haunted me for a few nights. :biggrin: nice angle on this.
Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments
Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on March 25, 2015 at 12:05 AM
Kurt, she may well have haunted you, if you had seen how big this mama was! She was about 4 inches from toe to toe :eek: Wolf spiders are very fast, and, actively, hunt their prey. They have a wicked bite and can even inject venom, if provoked.
Luckily, the only bugs that scare me are scorpions, wasps/hornets, and brown recluse spiders. And, I just plain hate fire ants and mosquitoes :biggrin: But, take comfort, that if you just photograph bugs, and don't mess with them, they will, usually, leave you alone. :smile:
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Comment posted by Ed Williams on March 26, 2015 at 12:47 AM
Love it Lucy. Look at all those nice creepy babies. . . which you will soon see all over the place. Cool pano shot. I really like this one.
Registered on December 28, 2010, 636 Posts, 3499 Comments