Red velvet mite

[nanila]

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We had our roof redone recently. On the second day, the roofers took off most of the slates on the road-facing side of the house, and suddenly a whole mass of these tiny red spiders flowed down the walls and past the windows. I found it rather beautiful, so got out my macro lens to try to capture a clear shot of one.

Comments

[untonuggan]

wow nice photo!

glad i am not next to the (very pretty) spider tho

[nanila]

Thank you!

Agreed - I took great care that none of them had wandered in through the window whilst I was taking pictures.

[untonuggan]

good plan!

we once had an "aggressive house spider" come to our house via a shipment of grains/flours from the US West Coast, and as they are poisonous it was a harrowing few days until we found it after my mom had gone to the ER for antidote from the first bite.

I generally like spiders from afar. I shriek very loudly about Wolf Spiders even though they are harmless to people and hunt insects that are not so great.

My cat Lily likes to eat spiders and then get an upset stomach for a few days. I...am glad we do not have many poisonous spiders around, as I don't know a good way of deterring her.

[davidgillon]

Lovely shot of a tiny subject.

[nanila]

Thank you. I do enjoy it when I can take the time to look for the small insect beauties in my garden & around the house.