These are some photographs of a Striped Bark Scorpion. The Striped Bark Scorpion(Centruroides vittatus) is one of the most common scorpions found in the United States. These scorpions are mostly harmless except for a painful sting. Very rarely death can occur mostly in individuals that are highly allergic. Most stings occur by accident when someone steps on a scorpion. Scorpions like to hide in dark places so a shoe left outside becomes a good hiding spot for a scorpion. Striped Bark Scorpions are tan to light brown with two dark brown strips running down there back. These arachnids live mostly in desert or arid land. They can be found under rocks and debris during the day. At night Striped Bark Scorpions forage for food. These arachnid feed on small insects and other arachnids. Striped Bark Scorpions are found from northern Mexico through Texas and up to Nebraska.
These photographs of Striped Bark Scorpions were shot outside Austin Texas. I found the scorpion under a rock while I was hunting for things to photograph. They are quite common in this area. These photographs were shot on a Canon 5D Mark II using a Sigma 180mm macro lens. For lighting I use a Canon MT-24EX twin flash.
These are some videos of a Striped Bark Scorpion. In the first video you can see it is a female with baby scorpions on its back.
The second video is a Striped Bark Scorpion crawling on the ground.
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These are photographs of a Tarantula I shot a few weeks ago. My co-worker knows that I like to take photographs of animals. Over the fourth of July weekend she offered to bring me back anything unusual she found at her parents ranch. She called Sunday and said she had found a Tarantula Spider for me.
The first photograph is my hand holding the Tarantula. These arachnids are mostly gentle and wont bite unless you really harass them.
Tarantula in hand.
I decided I wanted to get some shots of the spider crawling on a branch. I grabbed a branch from the yard and set it up so that the Tarantula was crawling on it.
Tarantula Spider
In the end I wanted to do some stock type shots as well. I couldn't think of anything except using some toy blocks to spell the word spider and have the Tarantula crawl on it. These eight legged arachnids are pretty slow moving and calm so it wasn't hard to get a few photographs of the Tarantula.
Several photographs of a brown recluse spider. These photographs were taken with a Canon Mark 5d II camera and a Canon MP-E 65mm lens. One of three species of harmful spiders in the United States.
Several photographs of a brown recluse spider. These photographs were taken with a Canon Mark 5d II camera and a Canon MP-E 65mm lens. If you would like to see more Brown Recluse spider photographs you can visit http://www.gather.com/viewSlideshow.action?albumId=34211
