I was trying to read while sitting in my sunny garden, but I kept getting distracted by all the spiders out there, in particular, all the jumping spiders. They kept hopping on my book, trying to get an education in biology, and they were hopping on me, trying to figure me out. It was distracting.
I finally tried taking a photo of one, but all I had was my iPhone, which isn’t great for these kinds of pictures. Next time, I’ll bring my Canon R8 with the 100mm macro lens…but then I won’t get any reading done!
You tried taking a photo?
i think you succeeded
That’s a photo. Actually even a good one.
Vey batty shadow there come to think of it..
Too few legs.
Species ID please?
Are those the super-intelligent jumping spiders?
With great power comes great responsibility.
The arthropod equivalent of cats.
So, PZ, if they are all over you but not biting, maybe they recognize you as a true arachnophile and friend. Enjoy!
They were surveying stout attachment points for the binding webs, while the one supervising said. “If we pull this off we’ll eat like kings!”
(apologies to Larsen)