Florida Forest Spider
So there you are just hiking along, minding your own business when wham! you run into what feels like fishing line and see one of these crawling around the bill of your cap! That's when you start doing the wild heebie-jeebie dance. This spider has a two inch body and legspan of about four inches.
21 Responses
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On 17 July 2008 Elizabeth Amato gave props:
Lol Dennis! I hope I never run into a spider web with one of these in it. Great shot but creepy looking spider. Looks like he could be deadly!
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On 17 July 2008 Kristine Bailey gave props:
Great Shot! isn't it fun get photos of things you normaly would not see!!
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On 17 July 2008 Klaus Girk gave props:
Creepy, but beautiful, great capture.
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On 18 July 2008 KatieRae Cottrell gave props:
what detail! he/she has fuzzy legwarmers. somewhere I have an OLD picture I took of you taking a picture of a spider. we were in a canoe
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On 18 July 2008 Dennis Blauer said:
Thanks Elizabeth! they're harmless. Thanks Kristine! i see them all the time on hikes. Thanks Klaus! Thanks Katie! did i still have long hair? was it at Chaz?
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On 19 July 2008 Jim McKinley said:
golden silk orb-weaver (genus Nephila)
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On 19 July 2008 Dennis Blauer said:
Hey Jim are you an arachnut?
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On 20 July 2008 Myra Hacker gave props:
creepy but a great shot
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On 21 July 2008 Dennis Blauer said:
thanks Myra!
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On 21 July 2008 Nelson Campbell gave props:
oh boy, another beauty caught by DB. Love it.
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On 21 July 2008 Joerg Schlagheck gave props:
Fantastic macro capture, Dennis! Outstanding color!
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On 22 July 2008 Dennis Blauer said:
thanks Nelson and Joerg
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On 22 July 2008 Maureen Jochetz gave props:
This is awesome.
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On 23 July 2008 Lynn Hathaway gave props:
Super shot! I'm with Myra.....Ewwwwwwww.......but cool! lol
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On 23 July 2008 Dennis Blauer said:
thanks Maureen and Lynn! i can usually eliminate the chance of running into one (literally) by breaking off a dead Cabbage Palm Branch (light but strong and long) and waving it around in front of me while i hike.
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On 24 July 2008 Farras Abdelnour gave props:
Wow! Neat catch!
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On 25 July 2008 Dennis Blauer said:
thanks Farras!
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On 29 July 2008 Michael Lynch gave props:
Great shot! Maybe I'll buy a hat someday.
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On 29 July 2008 Dennis Blauer said:
thanks Michael! at least without a hat, they won't escape your notice. i actually watched a friend walk about 200 yds with one on top of his cowboy hat, not realizing it was there. he was pretty pissed when he found out i didn't tell him.
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On 28 August 2008 Trish Meyer added a link:
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On 30 August 2008 Dennis Blauer said:
thanks Trish!
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