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Habronattus calcaratus maddisoni
By far the most amazing spider I have photographed to date. It took forever to figure an ID on this one -- but the community here finally came through. I have photographed several Habronattus spiders before, but Never one so beautiful, and yet difficult to ID. For a sense of scale, in the first pic, he's standing at the open edge of a soft cover novel -- pretty small!
On a book near a chokecherry bush in a small clearing in a diverse forest.
The book was one of my faves: George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones.
Most welcome..! You have got yourselves a gorgeous jumper.. Congrats..!
Amazing!!!! Thank you Sumukha Javagal and Uday! I had the hardest time with this one!
@Uday, You did al the job..! I just found out there was a subspecie in it. Tats al..:-)
Spot on Uday..! This is a subspecies of Habronattus calcaratus , which is found in Canada. See my suggestion once and confirm..:-)
very much close to ID
closest match
Habronattus calcaratus
http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/143...
http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/143...
http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/image/143...
Searched for this one Uday, but Phlegra hentzi is quite different from this one.. I will search further..:-)
amazing macro!
probably Phlegra hentzi as it found in canada
but no one before captured it with great details.
Sumukha Javagal and Chun Xing Wong could help you ID this spotting. They are knowledgeable on spiders. Nice little jumper.
Great photo! #3 looks like a skunk. I erased my message to you by accident. I am butterfingers today. Congrats on a great macro and now I can see your flickr photos too. LOL
OOPS! Yes, I just saw that it was. I am use to TK. I found you on flickr. HA!
Thanks Carol. He sure is a looker--you'd think an ID would come quickly with such striking characteristics, but he got me puzzled...
Spotted on May 20, 2012
Submitted on Sep 20, 2012
