This pholcid spider has attached her eggs to the front of her head, and is now waiting for them to hatch. When collected, she had a gigantic abdomen. A day later, she had attached to the top of the improvised container and laid her eggs. The transformation was startling. Rather than disturb her unduly, I cut holes in the sides of the plastic drinking cup she's living in, and photographed through them. I'm now waiting for the babies to hatch.
Canon 5D3, Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens at about 3x magnification.
1/200, f/16, ISO 100
Illuminated by two speedlights in Lumiquest softboxes, one on each side, and a third flash aimed at a large styrofoam block behind the spider. All flashes manually set.







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