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FramedByNature — Fuzzy Putnami Female
Published: 2015-07-13 05:29:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 1459; Favourites: 96; Downloads: 0
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Another from the latest and greatest... a female Phidippus putnami jumping spider
Actually found a second female of this species, and a male in just a couple of days! 
Pretty cool to start finding these spiders that used to largely go unnoticed. This has quickly become one of my favorite spiders to shoot, as they seem to have just the right mix of curiosity / hunting instinct / adorable fuzzy hair on their heads 
Actually released this girl back into the "wild" today after she mated, and thus the future population of adorable fuzzy jumping spiders around the garden was secured 
Canon 60D
Reversed 18-55mm
Reverse Macro Technique
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Comments: 32
Gorgeous capture and cute spider. Love to see these fellas.
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Fantastic image. Surreal and nightmarish. Well done.
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Right around a centimeter
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Thank you very much
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Very cute! I had one coming up to me everytime I would sit outside to study. Such a tiny thing, you really captured it well!
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Haha, cute! Sounds like typical jumping spider behavior
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It is! Pet spider mode.
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She is such a beautiful girl. I envy you for having these beautiful jumping spiders around you.
Man I would give you a leg of mine for just getting the chance to photograph and handle such a beauty
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No cute jumpers where you are? That's surprising. They're pretty good at fitting in a variety of places. I didn't even notice that we had these until just a couple years ago
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Oh we have a lot of cute Jumpers, but ours are so tiny
9 milimeters is our biggest.
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Nope
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Usually, spiders bite me, but those spiders are tiny compared to this little lady.
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Yeah, this species has some very characteristic "eyebrows"
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Salticides
Yeah, like peacock spider
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