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Phidippus Putnami & Mystaceus jumpers

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oneofone25
oneofone25 Senior Member • Posts: 1,586
Phidippus Putnami & Mystaceus jumpers
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Surprisingly, I ended up with 18 tiny jumping spider "slings" after finding out that the Phidippus putnami female I had had for 4 months laid eggs - not realizing she had been with a male...

They hatched the day she passed away, and I've spent the last month or so trying to keep them alive on fruit flies.  Here are a few images of the babies...

Used the Olympus 60mm macro with the MC-20 teleconverter (coupled together using a KENKO 16mm extension tube) and a Raynox 250.  Focus stack of 39 images for the first shot and 90+ for the second (had the focus bracket mode at 2/10 for the first shot and 1/10 for the second).  5.5x magnification plus a small crop as they are 1.75mm long each!

This one would not stop moving its pedipalps over and over up and down, but left everything else completely still on its body - even the hairs on its head!

Here's my Phidippus mystaceus jumper, about 8mm long now and very active....Dropped the Raynox 250 for this shot and just used the teleconverter and 60

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jim mij Senior Member • Posts: 1,027
Re: Phidippus Putnami & Mystaceus jumpers

Congrats on your offspring dad

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Jim

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oneofone25
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Re: Phidippus Putnami & Mystaceus jumpers

jim mij wrote:

Congrats on your offspring dad

Thanks much - they are very friendly at this stage, but not always still for the shots needed!

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Russar
Russar Senior Member • Posts: 1,425
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Wonderful multi eyes creatures  nicely captured by you!

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Alex
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macrouser
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Great color and detail.

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