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Photography

Mousetoescamper

(6,785 posts) Sun Oct 5, 2025, 01:31 PM Sunday

Swift crab spider (Mecaphesa celer) [View all]

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) [View all] Mousetoescamper Sunday OP

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

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

Unbelievable detail for a creature so small! Diamond_Dog Sunday #3

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

Superb shooting, my dear Mousetoescamper! CaliforniaPeggy Sunday #5

Thanks, Peggy Mousetoescamper Sunday #6

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

Thanks, Easterncedar Mousetoescamper Sunday #8

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

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

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

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

Well a left side view would be nice fargone Monday #13

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

Yes, a sinistral view Mousetoescamper Monday #15

Beautiful spider and great capture! HAB911 Monday #16

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