Huntsman at rest
SnapSeed crop and auto correct.
Inspired by
younger Julia’s courage, I got as close as I dared, stabilising the edge of my phone against the wall. Felt pretty brave until I realised that to tap the shutter I had to move my fingers around the front ie
where I couldn’t see how close they were to the spider
He’s not very big as Huntsmen go (and completely harmless to humans) but I’d rather pick him up on purpose than accidentally brush my fingers across him.
When I can’t
see him.
I’m sure somebody understands.
Anyway to show myself I wasn’t a great big wuss I took a few more straight on (almost
) and even nudged him a bit with the corner of the phone to encourage him to spread out a bit*. No such luck: he was clearly very sleepy.
(*Sometimes these guys lie with their legs together and straight out, like miniature straw brooms)
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