Yesterday, my little girl came running in, exploding with excitement, telling me that I had had to "come and see this quick!!" What she had found was a long legged harvestman lying very flat and still against her slide. I told her we should take a picture of it and went to get my camera.
When I got back, the harvestman (possibly spooked by the close scrutiny) decided to unflattened itself and use those impossibly long legs to make a speedy getaway.
Taylor's boyfriend had other plans.
He scooped it up and allowed it to pass from hand to hand. It did finally stop it's unproductive scuttling and came to rest. As I had my camera with me, I thought I might as well try and get the photograph I'd set out to take.
I used my (newly discovered) macro zoom and placed the lens as close as I dared.
The spider must have seen its own refection in the lens and mistook it for a threat. It launched itself at my camera in full attack mode.
Viewing this through the magnifying lens made for a fairly terrifying experience! I am ashamed to admit that I jumped back squealing, heart beating wildly and desperately trying to dislodge the poor creature before it ran up my arm. Luckily, I had the presence of mind not to just throw the camera! I would have been one very frustrated amateur photographer with a broken camera.
Needless to say, the photograph wasn't exactly what I 'd hoped for!!
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