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It's been a while, but spring has finally arrived...more like summer the last couple of days. Took the camera out in the garden for a bit of sight seeing...not a whole lot, but the critters are starting to appear.

I need to work on my lighting, these were taken with either on camera flash or 430EX with stofen. There have been so many good ideas for diffusers here, but I've been too slack to make one

I'll post the medium sized images, the large are on my flickr site (http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthewh26/)...not sure what flickr does to the photos, but they lose detail!

Big fat fly!

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Not sure if these spiders are species of jumpers, they all have similar eyes:

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Lunch time!

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Cool little caterpillar

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Nov 09, 2009 at 02:40 AM

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p.1 #2 · Warm weather at last!

LOvely series of shots. We are relying on you Southern hemisphere photogs to keep us in bugs through the winter

Brian v.

Nov 09, 2009 at 06:46 AM

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Hi Matt,
They appear to be similar to the 'jumpers' that I have seen lots of around here in downtown Ballarat and are particularly active late afternoon into early evening, but then disappear before the 'night-shift' arrives.
The caterpillar is certainly NOT familiar.
Bruce

Nov 09, 2009 at 08:32 AM

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Nice shots. They look like 3 Jumpers all right. A bit bigger is better for old eyes.

Mark

Nov 09, 2009 at 08:51 AM

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Excellent series

Nov 09, 2009 at 12:06 PM

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p.1 #6 · Warm weather at last!

Glad you are getting into your season down there, mate. As Brian said, we look forward to seeing 'down under' critters from you fellas now.

Kenny

Nov 09, 2009 at 02:08 PM

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Thanks for the comments guys. I wasn't 100% sure at first if they were jumpers due to their longer body shape, then again, while watching one jump from one fence paling to the next, I should have guessed!

Bruce, sounds like the same ones, these guys are all over the place in the afternoon, but gone at night...it seems to be the bigger creepier spiders that make an appearance at night.

Hopefully the mantis' should start making an appearance soon and a few other cool critters.

Nov 09, 2009 at 09:55 PM

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Hi Matt,
I've got a little jumper in a habitat right now that I'm trying to get 'on film'.
The body design is totally different with a very large abdomen and tiny short legs.
The only reason that I include it with the 'jumpers', is the same reason as yours; I was out filling my dog's water bowl and this little guy was jumping from brick to brick on the back wall of my house.
I will see how I go and try and post an image.
Bruce

Nov 10, 2009 at 12:01 AM

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Sounds cool Bruce, I'll keep my eyes out for your shots. I'm fascinated by these little fellas...maybe it's because they appear to be fascinated by us. Pic 3 is my favorite, I love it when they look you right down the lens barrel.

Nov 10, 2009 at 02:12 AM

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