June 11, 2003

Jumping For Joy

close-up (macro) image of a jumping spider in my dining room

I'm not sure what the deal is with bugs and spiders in my apartment this month. But this cute (?) little creature wandered its way into our apartment last night and was hanging around on the wall in the dining room. So I decided that since it was posing there so nicely, I'd snap a few photos. It was doing amazingly well 'til suddenly it seemed to get freaked out and attacked...jumping right on the lens of the camera. Fortunately, the camera is immune to jumping spider venom. I pulled the camera away from the wall and it jumped back off of the lens onto the wall where it had been before. I tried to catch it to throw it out of the house, but it jumped off the wall and took off under some furniture, never to be seen again...for now anyway. I just hope it lets me sleep through the night. = )

-Tony (Eravau)

Camera: Nikon CoolPix 4500

Location: The Dining Room in my Aaprtment in Dallas, Texas USA

Posted by eravau at June 11, 2003 12:01 AM