{"id":5422,"date":"2014-09-01T06:52:45","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T10:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=5422"},"modified":"2014-09-01T06:52:45","modified_gmt":"2014-09-01T10:52:45","slug":"flower-crab-spider-on-blazing-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=5422","title":{"rendered":"Flower Crab Spider on Blazing Star"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When I checked the Blazing Star bloom after getting back form a week in Tucson, it was looking well past prime. There were still flowers in bloom, but they were smaller, and somehow drier, than the week before. I was on my way back to the scooter when this well posed Flower Crab Spider caught my eye. I might not have seen it but I was pretty much checking every remaining bloom for Clearwing Moths, since I had a fleeting glimpse of one taking nectar at a flower just before heading back. Serendipity! I am still amazed by this particular color contrast. <\/p>\n

I love just being able to zoom in for a macro like this with the Sony HX400V. At 80mm or so you can get to less than 5cm. As it was I only got the one shot before the spider scuttled down over the shady side of the blossom. Processed in Snapseed on my tablet.<\/p>\n

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