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It was jusi hanging out by the porch.

Mount Pleasant, SC

Male.

Female. Large. Two shot focus stack

This male spider on his way (back) to his mate. They had a scuffle and she kicked him out of the web.

A male. Average size.

Not quite as clear as the other one, but this view shows the missing leg and the length of the spread out legs.

She posed in a couple of different positions for me today.

I happened to be in right place when this little jumping spider decided he was gonna eat and I wasn't gonna stop him! This fly landed and the spider pounced from about 5 inches away, ka pow the fly is down for the count. But....the spider is right in the middle of my linoleum floor. Haha, he was so small he couldn't pull the fly, four legs going like hell backwards and he's going nowhere. So then he stops, I could tell he was thinking about option B, like taking me out so he could eat in peace. lol. As I moved around the spider and fly, a circle, he was eating as fast as he could and turning with me, always keeping his head toward me. Little guy had the heart of superman and he WAS NOT leaving his food behind. I finally left and let him finish his prize.

Spider hiding badly...

See if you can locate the four females, one male and the cast off skin.

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This one is about 20 feet up on a light pole at the end of my driveway. Took me a while to get the focus and exposure right. I had one useable image out of about 8.

I found this little guy, drinking a cold one. I said oh snap. So here's the result. :)

I found this jumping spider in my bathroom trash can today! I was going to set her free and thought "let's see what it looks like up close."

I have a new Sigma Macro lens, and I haven't really done macro photography before. I was so happy when I downloaded the shots and saw how interesting this little creature was.

And then I set her free.

Things I learned for next time: Manually focus, use flash (ugh), and aperture at f22 or as close to that as possible.

I did not see this spider until I had taken several photos of this pollinator I have just recently started seeing around. I was out with my son at the grandparents dog kennel and stopped to take a couple of photos, as it was the biggest one of these little hovering pollinators I had seen and low and behold this perfectly invisible spider beat me to it! It was still twitching. Life is brutal even on a tiny scale.
Pretty proud of this photo to be honest, one of my recent favourites.
Likely on the macro setting on my camera wheel, but definitely handheld on manual focus with my kit lens standing by the stinkiest dog poo cooking in the sun!! TMI I know but that's the kind of thing will mess with a person's concentration! LOL

A tiny spider perched and ready to strike, just before he gobbled up a baby grasshopper.

Canon 5DMkIII, 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro, Speedlight 430ex.