Mandai's Jumping Spiders, Robbers, Leaf-footed Bugs and..... Portias x 2 [2011-04-16]


loboclerk

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Eventful morning as David's sneezes attracted 2 portias to us!

Full details of the photos posted here:
http://sgmacro.blogspot.com/2011/04/portia-intelligent-hunter.html

#1 Leaf-footed bug with morning dew
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#2 Sponge Bob Square Jumping Spider
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#3 Baby Robberfly
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#4 Wanted to shoot this with more morning dew earlier, but got distracted by the robberflies. When I went back, only saw a bit of dew left.
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#5 Another JS
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More in next post!
 

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#6 White-moustached Portia. Can see the moustache sticking out?? Not white though.
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#7 Side view, it is designed to look like a mess of debris
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#8 Front view, I forgot if this is the natural colour, the rest turned out brown!
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#9 Close up
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#10 A bit OOF, just wanted to show the cute "ears"
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#11 Second portia, without any missing legs or palps
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#12 Side view
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#13 Close up
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Thanks for viewing~~
 

#14 OOF, just shot for fun when a stink bug landed on Glenn's head. LOL. His hair very thick hor
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very sharp nice :thumbsup::thumbsup:
 

Wow! A very fruitful day with so much goodies :thumbsup:
 

Wah!!! Ur handheld shots for the portia very sharp le bro... Excellent shots
 

Bro Nicky,
Awesome shots!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
 

Great shots! :thumbsup:
 

Beautiful shots :thumbsup::thumbsup: , Nicky.

It was lucky spotting as I thought the 1st portia was a fat JS with white face. After that, I keep sneezing during the shoot ah. May be the 1st one attracted the 2nd portia to come near us after hearing my sneezing whole day long. too bad the weather turns dark and forces us to leave, otherwise we spend more time with 2nd portia.
 

Hi, your photos are tack sharp :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
I especially like "#3 Baby Robberfly"
 

Hey NIcky, what a series. You have really outdone yourself today. So many different bugs, but the baby robber has to be the pick for quality of pic.

Swee++++! Thanks for sharing!

Looks like a trip to Mandai is forthcoming! :)
 

Hey NIcky, what a series. You have really outdone yourself today. So many different bugs, but the baby robber has to be the pick for quality of pic.

Swee++++! Thanks for sharing!

Looks like a trip to Mandai is forthcoming! :)
 

#5 is a very lovely shot... great composition, colors and lighting :thumbsup::thumbsup:
 

It took me a long time to spot my first 2 Portia...
but you guys were lucky to spot 2 Portia in a day :bigeyes:..
all thanks to David's sneezing :bsmilie:

We all had fun gathering in a circle around Elite's bag...not for BBQ
but to shot the Portia :bsmilie:

Nice series.. esp the Portia's shots
 

2 Portias in a day. Wah damn lucky lor. I only spotted 1 portia in over 1.5 years of shooting !! Nice shots !!
 

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