Winter spider

[Trent Watts]

This little spider showed up on the wall in front of my computer last night. Seems totally magical that it was able to survive this long, somewhere in my house, or come in on something I brought in. It has been remarkably cold here for the last few days, -36 (C) and with windchill down to -48 (C) so I don't think it wandered in from outside. At these temperatures C and F are almost the same so think really cold. Anyway I was able to capture the spider and put it on a banana to take a couple of pictures. I would like to get better at spider identification but have a long way to go. This one was really tiny with a body length of about 2 mm. iNaturalist suggests it is a Running Crab Spider. I think it is a male with the larger pedipalps and smaller size.

 

[AlanLichty]

Amazing anything can survive in your temperatures Trent including you Neat shots of this little guy.

 

[Joe Colozzo]

Very nice Macro work!

 

[JimFox]

Awesome work Trent! You did a great job on capturing this guy.

Not many things are surviving at the temps you are dealing with. I had heard it was really cold up there.

 

[Beth]

nicely done! love the angle on the second photo. can't tell if you're checking him out or if he's checking you out.

 

[Trent Watts]

Thanks everyone for your support and comments.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Nice work capturing this critter.

 

[Eric Gofreed]

Top flight work, Trent