The unseen - Fishing spider in its elements

Ever wondered why a peculiar looking spider look that way? Why all the spots, stripes and hairs? Why that color scheme?
Well, this picture might give a clue. The white spots on the fishing spider possibly helps it become one with the reflections. The brown color helps it merge with the rocks.
The predator or prey might not notice a few white spots moving amidst the bright reflections in the rocky, aquatic terrain.

Brilliant isn't it!!

This spider is so well camouflaged expect for the 3 newly formed pale colored limbs which are sticking out like a sore thumb :-D

About 1 inch spider with a unique 'trap-door' like web built about 6 feet on a tree trunk next to a stream deep inside the rainforest. Upon removing the 'lid' the natural cavity was lined with fine silk (hence the blue tinge due to the flash). No photo prominantly showing eye-pattern, one image produced here photographed by Rohit Nandakumar. Identification is tentative, because this family is not reported from anywhere in India except the Himalayan region.

A very small spider, observed making small orb-webs with the centre attached to a conical retreat made up of debris. Webs mostly built under 30 cm from the forest floor, generally under a small plant. Several such webs found inside the rainforest. One of these that was photographed had a female, male, and at least two spiderlings living inside the same retreat.

I was watching this Harmochirus female roaming in the open while on a phone call. Suddenly a Plexippus showed up and quickly advanced towards it before catching it! Managed to take some pics while the call was still ongoing.

I was watching a Harmochirus female roaming in the open while on a phone call. Suddenly this one showed up and quickly advanced towards it before catching it! Managed to take some pics while the call was still ongoing.

I was photographing the Ground Crab Spider when my spider enthusiast buddy Shashikanth brought my attention to the approaching Jumping Spider. I quickly took a wider shot framing both of them together and waited with bated breath to see what happens when they eventually meet. As luck would have it, the Jumping spider changed direction randomly and moved away the Crab spiders' location :-D

This is one of my favorite photos from the spider hunt in Gajendragada with Shashikanth.

Had a great day finding and photographing spiders with @shashikanthbkambannavar

This spider was so restless we had to trap it using our hands to get any decent shots. It would jump once every second and always away from the camera.