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Mousetoescamper

(6,819 posts) Sun Oct 5, 2025, 12:31 PM Oct 2025

Swift crab spider (Mecaphesa celer)

Using a jelly jar, I collected this tiny spider (the body's about 1/8" long) from one of my flowerbeds this morning. I released the spider to its web after taking the photos.

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Swift crab spider (Mecaphesa celer) (Original Post) Mousetoescamper Oct 2025 OP

Excellent images Mousetoescamper! What's the surface it's on? "Catch & Release" Good Going. George McGovern Oct 2025 #1

Thanks, George. The surface is the jelly jar Mousetoescamper Oct 2025 #2

Unbelievable detail for a creature so small! Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #3

Thanks, Diamond_Dog. Getting their faces in focus is challenging Mousetoescamper Oct 2025 #4

Superb shooting, my dear Mousetoescamper! CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2025 #5

Thanks, Peggy Mousetoescamper Oct 2025 #6

Fabulous! I love the detail. Those eyes! Easterncedar Oct 2025 #7

Thanks, Easterncedar Mousetoescamper Oct 2025 #8

I don't know why I fixate on the eyes, but these are ferociously alien Easterncedar Oct 2025 #9

I have a "sinister" photo of this crab spider which I'll post later Mousetoescamper Oct 2025 #10

I often am disappointed in myself for not looking closer at our fellow creatures Easterncedar Oct 2025 #11

Thanks and you're welcome, Easterncedar. Mousetoescamper Oct 2025 #12

Well a left side view would be nice fargone Oct 2025 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Mousetoescamper Oct 2025 #14

Yes, a sinistral view Mousetoescamper Oct 2025 #15

Beautiful spider and great capture! HAB911 Oct 2025 #16

Thanks, HAB911. And thanks to Bonne Maman for the staging ;-) Mousetoescamper Oct 2025 #17

George McGovern

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1. Excellent images Mousetoescamper! What's the surface it's on? "Catch & Release" Good Going.

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Sun Oct 5, 2025, 12:40 PM

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Mousetoescamper

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2. Thanks, George. The surface is the jelly jar

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Sun Oct 5, 2025, 01:05 PM

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Diamond_Dog

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3. Unbelievable detail for a creature so small!

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Sun Oct 5, 2025, 01:09 PM

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Fabulous work!

Mousetoescamper

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4. Thanks, Diamond_Dog. Getting their faces in focus is challenging

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Sun Oct 5, 2025, 01:14 PM

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CaliforniaPeggy

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5. Superb shooting, my dear Mousetoescamper!

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Sun Oct 5, 2025, 01:19 PM

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The sharp, clear details are just amazing.

Mousetoescamper

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6. Thanks, Peggy

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Sun Oct 5, 2025, 01:37 PM

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Easterncedar

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7. Fabulous! I love the detail. Those eyes!

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Sun Oct 5, 2025, 03:21 PM

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Mousetoescamper

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8. Thanks, Easterncedar

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Sun Oct 5, 2025, 05:22 PM

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Easterncedar

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9. I don't know why I fixate on the eyes, but these are ferociously alien

Reply to Easterncedar (Reply #7)

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 06:57 PM

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I am amazed at what you can capture. Things I could never imagine seeing otherwise.

Mousetoescamper

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10. I have a "sinister" photo of this crab spider which I'll post later

Reply to Easterncedar (Reply #9)

Sun Oct 5, 2025, 08:31 PM

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I'm sometimes amazed at the details captured when I upload the shots to my laptop and view them on a 15-inch screen. More often, I'm disappointed when the minute details such as the eyes are out of focus. I've found these tiny creatures a challenge to photograph.