Wolf Spider with babies

A few weeks ago while cleaning the drains in the pool I found this mother Wolf Spider with hundreds of babies on her back.  I tried to gently scoop her from the water but when I did, about half the baby spiders jumped off and went everywhere.  I still managed to get a few photos of her with some of the babies but there were less than half still on her back.

Wolf Spider with babies.

Wolf Spider with babies.

Wolf Spider with babies.

Wolf Spider with babies.

Wolf Spider with babies.

Wolf Spider with babies.

White Crabspider on a Purple Flower

This is my favorite spider photograph I have taken.  This is a White Crabspider on a Purple Flower.  I was in Troy Texas visiting family.  I noticed that almost all of the purple flowers had these tiny White Crabspiders on them.  I got my macro lens and started taking photographs.

These tiny arachnids wait on the flowers for other insects to land.  When they land the spiders grab them and eat them.  I don't believe these spiders spin any sort of web.  I never saw any webs around any of the spiders.

These photographs were taken on a Canon 5D Mark II camera using a Sigma 180mm lens and a Canon MT-24EX twin flash unit.  No tripod was used.