why the long face?

[troypiggo]

Female jumping spider. She was quite big. Not a recent shot, but came across it while trying to find crane fly shots.

[Dennis]

Lovely photo Troy. The DOF really makes this one pop! This little girl seems to have eyes at the rear side of her head as well as the 4 forward?

Cheers

Dennis

[acropolite]

Superb image Troy, interesting little critter.

[troypiggo]

Thanks guys. Not one of my best, but more because it followed a question Dennis was asking about spiders' eyes. Can't find the other shot I had in mind unfortunately.

These guys have those front pairs to give them excellent depth perception, the side and rear ones are more simple for movement detection.

[telecasterguru]

The eyes have it.

[RB]

Lovely shot Troy.

:thumbsup:

[ving]

thats a wierd looking jumper... must be a tropics thing. you guys get the best bugs!

[White Rabbit]

great shot, nice detail, I think I might need to get myself a macro lense and and give it a go.

And the list gets longer....

[troypiggo]

Welcome to the dark side :)