Friday, January 6, 2012

Tropical spiders

All the spiders you see here were photographed within Malaysia - mostly in the Peninsula. Only a couple of them were photographed in Sabah (East Malaysia, Borneo).

Ant-mimic crab spider, Amyciaea lineatipes, mating! More bugs porn here:D
Ant-Mimic Crab spiders -Amyciaea lineatipes tropical spiders IMG_1261 copy

A male ant-mimic crab spider, Amyciaea lineatipes, with weaver ant prey
male ant-mimic crab spider with weaver ant prey IMG_3083 (2) copy

Orange crab spider on purple wildflower
Gorgeous Crab Spider tropical spider (IMG_6643 copy)

A female Bolas spider with a much smaller male, Cyrtarachne fangchengensis
male and female bolas spider Cyrtarachne fangchengensis malaysian spider IMG_9128 copy

Common Garden Spider, Parawixia dehaani
Common Garden Spider, Parawixia dehaani  Malaysian spiders IMG_8880 merged copy

A mating pair of lichen huntsman spiders. Natural light. Tips on natural light macro photography here.
mating pair of lichen huntsman spiders IMG_0306 copy

Tiny jumping spider with caterpillar prey. More jumping spiders here.
tiny jumping spider with caterpillar prey IMG_1328 copy

Ogre faced spider / net casting spider /gladiator spider, Deinopidae.
Ogre faced spider / net casting spider /gladiator spider, Deinopidae. IMG_8954 copy

A nursery web spider with wasp prey?
nursery web spider with wasp prey IMG_8472 copy

 A Malaysian black and gold huntsman (family Sparassidae,Tube-dwelling spiders) and a daredevil yellow crazy ant! LOL. Huge spider, 25mm body length!
Malaysian Black and Gold Huntsman IMG_8834 copy

A Lynx spider with beetle prey
lynx spider with beetle prey IMG_0880 copy

A pinkish crab spider
pinkish crab spider IMG_3879 copy

A female green jumping spider guarding her precious eggs...the eggs were about to hatch anytime soon!
green jumping spider guarding her eggs IMG_8836b copy

Jumping spider with newly hatched spiderlings. More motherly love from the invertebrates here.
green jumping spider with spiderlings....IMG_4496 copy

A wolf spider momma with spiderlings on her back
wolf spider momma with spiderlings IMG_3356 copy

Ant mimic jumping spider. More mimicry here.
Another ant-mimic! :D ........IMG_3184 copy

Another ant-mimic jumping spider, Myrmarachne plataleoides
ant-mimic jumping spider, Myrmarachne plataleoidesIMG_8850 copy

A nursery web spider with jumping spider prey
nursery web spider with jumping spider prey IMG_3161 copy

A green lynx spider with red Pentatomidae bug prey, from Danum Valley.
green lynx spider with red pentatomidae bug prey IMG_9271 copy

Portia spider.
intelligent portia spider IMG_8145 copy

Bird dung crab spider with wasp prey, Maliau Basin.
bird dropping crab spider with wasp prey IMG_7551 copy

Green huntsman spider
green huntsman spider IMG_8808merged copy

Another gorgeous green huntsman on pink Cordyline terminalis plant. Merged from 4 shots. Tutorial on merging here.
gorgeous green huntsman spider IMG_0204merged copy

A beautiful spiny orb weaver, Gasteracantha arcuata
spiny orb weaver, Gasteracantha arcuata IMG_0024 copy

A handsome male Orsima ichneumon wasp mimic jumping spider.
IMG_9873 copy

A female Herennia spider.
IMG_9841 copy

A nursery web spider with eggsac.
Nursery web spider with egg sac.......IMG_2025 copy

Heurodes spider?
Heurodes spider? IMG_4859 copy

Spitting spider, Scytodes velutina(?) with babies.
spitting spider with babies IMG_7647 copy

Mommy spitting spider sharing her moth prey with her precious spiderlings :)
mother spitting spider sharing her moth meal with spiderlings IMG_8555 copy

A closer look:
IMG_8555 cropped

Male Long-jawed Orb Weaver Tetragnathidae
Male Long-jawed Orb Weaver Tetragnathidae IMG_9851 copy

Huntsman spider with eggssac. The spiderlings were about the hatch!
huntsman spider with egg sac IMG_8655 copy

Huntsman spider with newly hatched spiderlings
huntsman spider with spiderlings IMG_8696 (2) copy

6 comments:

Junis_sp said...

Very nice photos. I hope you will be able to take some photos of Spiders in Sarawak

HeeJW said...

very very beautiful collection master kurt!!!

Anthony said...
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Entogirl said...

absolutely stunning photos of gorgeous subjects!!

kunt said...

Excellent photos... About Scytodes velutina (?). Which Scytodes? Really I dont know... But I sure it is not S. velutina.

Adrian Thysse, FCD. said...

Awesome collection! I could use a dose of tropical spiders right now...

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