Mie Manferrari Photography

19/11/2024

03/10/2020

WolfSpider with babies

Hogna radiata is a species of wolf spider.
They live mostly in solitude and hunt alone, and do not spin webs.

Wolf spiders are unique in the way that they carry their eggs. The egg sac, a round, silken globe, is attached to the spinnerets at the end of the abdomen, allowing the spider to carry her unborn young with her. The abdomen must be held in a raised position to keep the egg case from dragging on the ground. However, despite this handicap, they are still capable of hunting. Another aspect unique to wolf spiders is their method of care of young. Immediately after the spiderlings emerge from their protective silken case, they clamber up their mother's legs and crowd onto the dorsal side of her abdomen. The mother carries the spiderlings for several weeks before they are large enough to disperse and fend for themselves. No other spiders are currently known to carry their young on their backs for any period of time.

the exemplar in the photo is a Mom WolfSpider whom is carrying all her kids on her back.

24/09/2020

Summer is almost over..
I love this blue butterfly with the blue hour light

08/09/2020

Mom and dad feeding their baby.

01/06/2020

Male jumping spider hunting
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this species does not use the canvas to capture prey. Philaeus chrysops hunts freely, quickly jumping on prey and blocking it with claws and pedipalps. Hunting takes place only during the day, in the hot hours. [2] When the adult male has found a female, it will start a courtship, shaking forelegs in the air and drumming on the ground with the abdomen and pedipalps. After the mating, females lay the eggs in a cocoon, watching them until hatching.

I find them extremely beautiful and fascinating.

11/04/2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDomWOOnux0&feature=youtu.be

Few moments and feelings on my way to Santiago. April 2019 French Way/ Camino Frances

10/03/2020

Love.
It's amazing but scarry.

Falling in love means to give all the power to hurt you to someone else.

You give your heart away to someone and you home they will treat it well.

This, sometimes, does not happen and you can bleed out..

08/03/2020

Don't you worry, I will take care of you.

To fall in love is scarry and it is a gamble.
You give your heart away and sometimes you will get it back hurt and bleeding.

Model:
Ph:

02/03/2020

Heartless.

"be aware of the heartless, who make your heart beat quickly. They are just using your heart, because theirs won't start." Rachel Wolchin

Model:

05/10/2019

Today I was taking some pictures in my garden.. And my subject decided to jump on my hand to say "hell there :)"
Female jumping spider on my finger

05/10/2019

Libellula/ Dragonfly

17/09/2019

Un pomeriggio in mezzo alla lavanda in giardino in compagnia di questa mantide.
Sembra quasi si sia messa in posa.
Il nome della mantide deriva dal greco "Mantis", cioè profeta, indovino, e fa riferimento alla postura delle zampe anteriori che ricorda un atteggiamento di preghiera.