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<blockquote data-quote="Ironwood" data-source="post: 405443" data-attributes="member: 10447">Here is another shot of the Gold Jumping Spider, which is called &quot;Cosmopasis Bitaeniata&quot;, this one seems to be a female. I missed the eyes with the focus pane by only a couple of mm, but it makes all the difference, I would have normally deleted this shot, but thought I would post it to show how close you can be to getting a good shot <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />&nbsp; but just missing out.[ATTACH=full]134376[/ATTACH]After a bit of research I have found out why I seem to find spiders of the Cosmophasis family on the same trees as Greenants. It seems the Cosmophasis spiders have evolved to have a smell the same as the Greenants, which allows them to raid the Greenant nest and get the ants lavae to eat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ironwood, post: 405443, member: 10447"] Here is another shot of the Gold Jumping Spider, which is called "Cosmopasis Bitaeniata", this one seems to be a female. I missed the eyes with the focus pane by only a couple of mm, but it makes all the difference, I would have normally deleted this shot, but thought I would post it to show how close you can be to getting a good shot :o but just missing out. [ATTACH type="full" width="60%"]134376._xfImport[/ATTACH] After a bit of research I have found out why I seem to find spiders of the Cosmophasis family on the same trees as Greenants. It seems the Cosmophasis spiders have evolved to have a smell the same as the Greenants, which allows them to raid the Greenant nest and get the ants lavae to eat. [/QUOTE]

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