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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 324350" data-attributes="member: 12827">I found this jumping spider in our garden this morning and grabbed it. I put it into a jar and placed it in the refrigerator for about a half hour to slow it down and then photographed it in my light tent with the 55mm f/2.8 Micro Nikkor and PK-13. It was maybe&nbsp; an inch long ± with its legs. After the photoshoot, the model was released into the wild of our garden. And yes, I did get a signed model release!<a href="http://smg.photobucket.com/user/stm58/media/jumpingspider.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/stm58/jumpingspider.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>I found out that I can actually order a live Camel Spider online. These things were all over the place in Iraq. They are the DEVIL! I watched one chase down and kill a mouse (they lack venom so they just clamp down on their throat and suffocate their prey) and eat it. I let it finish its meal before I stomped it into a pile of goo.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="STM, post: 324350, member: 12827"] I found this jumping spider in our garden this morning and grabbed it. I put it into a jar and placed it in the refrigerator for about a half hour to slow it down and then photographed it in my light tent with the 55mm f/2.8 Micro Nikkor and PK-13. It was maybe an inch long ± with its legs. After the photoshoot, the model was released into the wild of our garden. And yes, I did get a signed model release! [URL=http://smg.photobucket.com/user/stm58/media/jumpingspider.jpg.html][IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v138/stm58/jumpingspider.jpg[/IMG][/URL] I found out that I can actually order a live Camel Spider online. These things were all over the place in Iraq. They are the [B][I]DEVIL[/I][/B]! I watched one chase down and kill a mouse (they lack venom so they just clamp down on their throat and suffocate their prey) and eat it. I let it finish its meal before I stomped it into a pile of goo. [/QUOTE]

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