Sun Spider

So the other day as I was getting ready to start studying for my Poetry class I came face-to-face with the ugliest, weirdest looking spider I had ever seen. I had no idea what to call it because from what I could see, it had 10 legs.

I later learned, after extensive Google-ing that it was a Sun spider. Harmless to man, these things can get up to 2 inches long. The one I found was only half an inch. Apparently the Sun spider has no poison to catch its prey, but they do have some of the strongest set of pincher of the arachnid family.

Upon catching the spider in a glass, I observed him race the edges with furious speed! He was so cool to look at! My first thought - "I have to photograph him." There was no way I was going to be able to with him running around like Speedy Gonzales though and he definitely wouldn't sit still and pretty on his own with my camera right in his face for me to photograph him. What was my solution? Death. I put the glass he was running circles in into the freezer, where he quickly fell asleep in a position that would be perfect for me to shoot.

And I did, a few days later I was in the mood, set up my camera and posed my little arachnid friend on top of his glass chamber. After 20 minutes he began to get soft and glisten so it was time to call it quits then. Good thing I managed to get some really great shots of him before he retired to the trashcan.

Enjoy.