This is the second running crab spider (Philodromus sp., Philodromidae) I have found in the home this year, a juvenile, and a runner indeed…
On the (5.5 mm dia.) head of a pin
Soon after this photograph was taken, the house furnace went on and warm air began to flow from an over-head vent. The little tyke responded by standing on its tippy-toes and then began casting a silken line…
Casting a line.
I was hoping I would capture a shot of it ‘ballooning’ off the pin, but instead it turned and tried to run up the invisible line…
Preparing to make whoopee…
Unfortunately, the line failed and it plummeted to its death on the rocks below fell to the table top, at which point I decided that it had earned its freedom.
The End.
(Photographed with flash on 24 January, 2013. Canon 5D Mk. II, MP-E65mm lens, ISO 200, 1/200 sec. @ f11. All images cropped from originals)
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Great story and pics! I have not seen one here since the fall.