Peeking through its funnel

[Prajwal J Ullal]

It was my first encounter with the funnel web spider and during the recent trip to Jambhulmal we came across a huge abundance of funnel web spiders. This particular one was a really shy/cautious one and would get inside with even slightest of our movement on movement of the dried grass/leaves lying around. This a moment when the beauty decided to peek outside to check if it was safe to come out.

EXIF:
Canon EOS 550D
Canon 18-55IS
F/7.1
Shutterspeed 1/80
ISO 800
Handheld, inbuilt flash used (slightly cropped 20%)
Location: Jambhulmal, Sanjay Gandhi national park

[Mrudul Godbole]

The eyes can be seen with good details. The large leaf on the left attracts attention, but nothing you could do about it as moving closer to get it bigger in the frame might have scared him off. The web looks nice. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

This shows the way this spider's web looks like. The leaf also gives an indication of the relative size of the web of this spider. Thanks for sharing.
Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Roopak Gangadharan]

nice display of its habitat . shows how the life of this species revolves around its delicate dwelling place and sorroundings.

TFS
Roopak