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Mousetoescamper

(6,819 posts) Tue Aug 26, 2025, 10:18 PM Aug 26

Meet Bernie's Mittens

Last edited Sun Aug 31, 2025, 02:14 PM - Edit history (2)

This male tan jumping spider (Platycryptus undatus) reminds me of the Bernie Sanders Mittens meme. While the genus is stuck with the bland tan appellation, I'm naming this particular spider Bernie's Mittens. He was a very cooperative subject!



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Meet Bernie's Mittens (Original Post) Mousetoescamper Aug 26 OP
Nice pose! I've noticed you usually get your subjects to acknowledge you and your camera 👍 Deuxcents Aug 26 #1
Thanks, Deuxcents! I always have treats on hand ;-) Mousetoescamper Aug 26 #5
:) Solly Mack Aug 26 #2
Glad it brought a smile, Solly Mack! Mousetoescamper Aug 26 #6
Love his face in the photo. Amazingly teeny tiny things, aren't they? Solly Mack Aug 26 #8
They are. Close-up photography favors them; their appealing faces don't set off the spider! alarms Mousetoescamper Aug 27 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author Bluetus Aug 26 #3
Great capture, my dear Mousetoescamper! He is gorgeous. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Aug 26 #4
Thanks, Peggy! Mousetoescamper Aug 26 #7
In the eye of the beholder, eh? One person's UghUgly is another's Cool Look At Him. George McGovern Aug 27 #10
That's the gist of it, George McGovern Mousetoescamper Aug 27 #11
The name is perfect Easterncedar Aug 31 #12
Thanks, Easterncedar! Mousetoescamper Aug 31 #14
I'm not fond of spiders, Callalily Aug 31 #13
Thanks, Callalily! Mousetoescamper Aug 31 #15

Solly Mack

(95,946 posts)
8. Love his face in the photo. Amazingly teeny tiny things, aren't they?
Reply to Mousetoescamper (Reply #6)
Tue Aug 26, 2025, 11:51 PM
Aug 26

I took some last summer of one living on my dill I let go to flower for the caterpillars.

Great shot!

I love spiders.

Mousetoescamper

(6,819 posts)
9. They are. Close-up photography favors them; their appealing faces don't set off the spider! alarms
Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #8)
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 12:20 AM
Aug 27

Thanks!





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George McGovern

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10. In the eye of the beholder, eh? One person's UghUgly is another's Cool Look At Him.
Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 02:26 AM
Aug 27

You have a gift, Mousetoescamper, for presenting living things as they really are, absent human fear and prejudice. "Bernie's Mittens" is perfect.

Mousetoescamper

(6,819 posts)
11. That's the gist of it, George McGovern
Reply to George McGovern (Reply #10)
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 02:40 PM
Aug 27

Thanks. Mostly, I'm interested in my fellow Earthlings and enjoy exploring my immediate world with a camera at hand.

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