Our Pet

**OWLP** · 05-18-2010, 10:20 AM

... wanted to be photographed and shown too.

**kat** · 05-18-2010, 10:40 AM

OMG.... (I hate to say it that second shot is,,,killer)

**JAS_Photo** · 05-18-2010, 11:47 AM

Cool looking fellow!

**Mad Aussie** · 05-18-2010, 03:45 PM

Never seen irridescent fangs like that before. Great shots. What kind of spider is it?

**Bambi** · 05-18-2010, 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by Mad Aussie

Never seen irridescent fangs like that before. Great shots. What kind of spider is it?

it's the rare freakus-bambi-outofhermindus. In this respect it's related to those Hunter spiders of Australia

*shudder*
but all that aside, really neat close ups.

**Mad Aussie** · 05-19-2010, 05:43 AM

Originally Posted by Bambi

it's the rare freakus-bambi-outofhermindus. In this respect it's related to those Hunter spiders of Australia

*shudder*
but all that aside, really neat close ups.

Hey you're catching on

And they are Huntsmen Spiders ... and the scariest thing is ... they can damn near outrun a human!

**AntZ** · 05-19-2010, 07:44 AM

That 2nd one is a beauty. So sharp.

**casil403** · 05-19-2010, 07:56 AM

That one is a beauty and very well taken. Love the iridescent fangs too...must be to attract prey I'm thinking. Spiders don't bother me too much.

My question is which ones are the eyes or do they have 4?

**OWLP** · 05-19-2010, 07:40 PM

Thanks all!

It is a DARING JUMPING SPIDER (Phidippus audax) and has 8 eyes as each spider has.

**QuietOne** · 05-22-2010, 01:34 AM

Glad I can't see the forums at work. My coworker in the next office would have destroyed the monitor and her shoe.