The Huntsman Spider's Babies

A post-Christmas shoot at Venus Drive with quite a number of unique subjects! We found a Huntsman Spider tending after it's nest. On closer inspection, the spiderlings had already hatched and were scrambling around the nest, indeed a sight to behold!

#1 The protective mother. Guess how many spiderlings are there in this picture?? :)

#2 Closer look, mother's favorite kid stands right in front of her

#3 Under her watchful eyes

#4 Closeup on the siblings

#5 There were even more hiding under the nest!

#6 Flying ant. Only some ants in each colony will have wings, and they venture out to mate and form new colonies. The queen would shed it's wings after settling down to start the new colony. Some or most may fail in their task.

#7 Attempting to stand tall

#8 Brown crab spider

#9 You may remember this guy from an earlier post, let's welcome back the Bird Dropping Spider!

#10 A wider view with it's gory details

#11 Top view, this one actually had yellow streaks to complete the shitty look

#12 A beautiful metallic blue beetle

#13 David had spotted this, but it flew off before we could take more shots

#14 Top view, it is generally hairy but some parts appeared to be "balding"

#15 Longhorn Beetle attempting a disco move

#16 Longhorn Beetle portrait

#17 This longhorn was very cooperative, it even allowed us to place a leaf behind to create the bright green backdrop

#18 Going closer to observe the details

#19 New passport photo for the longhorn!

#20 Here's why it is called the Longhorn Beetle

#21 A red-coloured weevil, first time spotting this species! It also flew off after we took a few shots

The complete album can be viewed here.