Tag: spiders
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The Elusive ‘Wrap-Around Spiders’ Seamlessly Camouflage Into Their Surroundings
WARNING: if you’re terrified of spiders, then this probably isn’t the post for you. But if you’re fascinated by how amazing nature is, then this is right up your alley. Known as wrap around spiders, Dolophones is a genus of spider that has mastered the art of camouflage. They’re found primarily in Australia (I mean, aren’t all…
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MicroSculpture Macro Photography Of Insects Composed of 10,000 Images by Levon Biss
Levon Biss captures extremely detailed macro photographs of a range of insects for his series Microsculpture. He uses a 36 megapixel Nikon D810, and each image is made up of around 8-10,000 individual photographs, using a 10x microscope objective attached via a 200mm prime lens, and the images are then stacked together to form one…
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Eye of the Spider: Hypnotizing Macro Photos of Exotic Spiders Staring Directly into Your Mind
Lots of people don’t like spiders. Some people are even down-right scared of them. Whatever you think about the eight legged critters, hopefully the amazing macro photography of Jimmy Kong will make you appreciate the intimate moments of arthropods found in his native Malaysia. Like hairy aliens from another planet, these tiny spiders seem to stare with giant, all-knowing…
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The Most Beautifully Terrifying Spiders You Never Knew Existed
Wow! Ick. Oooh. Whaaaaaaat. No. No. NOPE. That pretty much summarizes our reactions while looking at these incredible macro shots of spiders photographed by Nicky Bay who lives and works in Singapore. The boundless biodiversity found on the country’s 64 islands includes a vast array of insects and arachnids, many of which Bay has painstakingly documented up close…
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Jumping Spiders Wearing Water Drops as Fancy Hats
Even if you have arachnophobia, don’t be too quick to close this page yet! Jumping spiders have got to be the cutest spiders of all. More than that, they were recently photographed wearing tiny water droplets as their hats, and that way completely denying their image of being threatening and scary. Uda Dennie, 33-year-old photographer…