I found this Magnolia Green Jumping Spider (
Lyssomanes Viridis) on a tangerine leaf hunting for small flies. I talked her into climbing on this yellow flower pedal to add contrast to the scene. I tried to move the camera a lot while taking this photo because her eyes would chase the lens, the green glow on the anterior median eyes is due to her trying to keep me in view.

Pentax K2000
Bower 2x Teleconverter
Pentax 55mm
Hoya +7 Diopter Stack
Sigma EM-140 (
1/8, 1/8)
1/180, f16, ISO 200
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