Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/File:Jumping spider with prey.jpg

Jumping spider with prey[edit]

Reason: The spider hid very well on a wall similarly coloured as itself. It could then easily capture the prey. After its feat, I quietly set up my tripod and took a shot. Since flash would have disturbed the spider and would have reduced the EV for camouflage, this is a natural light shot. Good quality and very good EV.
Articles this image appears in: Ant, Camouflage, Jumping spider, Crypsis, Animal colouration
Creator: Muhammad Mahdi Karim

Support as nominator --Muhammad(talk) 00:47, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support. I love this photo. However, I have a few questions and a suggestion. First, where was the photo taken, i.e. what country or region? Secondly, how did you ID it? If it is in fact, Platycryptus undatus, it is a pretty unique looking specimen. My suggestion would be to either rotate and crop or crop to a vertical (or square) orientation. Right now there is too much dead space in the photo. Kaldari (talk) 16:26, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
- Pictured in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. I uploaded the image to wikimedia and received a msg on my talk page within minutes from someone who id'd it as Platycryptus undatus, his favourite jumping spider species. I feel the wide crop illustrates camouflage better. --Muhammad(talk) 16:43, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  - If it was found in Tanzania, I'm afraid it's not Platycryptus undatus. Kaldari (talk) 19:55, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    - I'm no expert and I didn't id it so can't say anything there. Have removed it from that article as a precautionary measure, but EV is still good for the other articles. --Muhammad(talk) 22:58, 3 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Support An interesting scene. EV is weak in Camouflage and related imo (dozens of images). The method with which jumping spiders capture prey is important however. I hope you can send it to a few people for any further ID info. Noodle snacks (talk) 05:15, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not promoted No quroum. --upstate NYer 05:02, 10 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]