I haven't ever seen a spider around here with such a bright red, so when I saw this tiny little guy (I will have to get the size later when I process one of the 1:1 images) and that red almost looked like it was on fire. So I quickly grabbed it to bring home for a photo session. I found this on the internet, and it appears to be Habronattus coecatus, regardless it sure is a beauty!

Technical Data: Canon EOS 7D, Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro, 1/250 sec at f/11. Canon Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX in ETTL mode. ISO 100. RAW processing in Adobe Camera Raw, additional modifications in Photoshop CS5.

I have more photos of this and some other jumpers that I still have to process, so stop back soon for them.

- Bill