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At present I am retired and spending my time mostly on fishing and photography. I bought my first SLR way back in 1982. It was a Minolta XG1. My last film camera was the Maxxum 9000. When the fantastic Sony Alpha 100 was launched, I changed over to the digital system. My Alpha 580 was acquired followed closely by my Alpha 77.

My main interest in photography is lifestyles, sports, sceneries, nature, birds and macro shots. Lately, I have spend more time on bird and nature shooting. As a regular contributer to some fishing magazines, I shoot quite a lot of photographs of anglers too....hence my photography blog is named 'SHOOT THE HOOKER'.



Having grown up near the confluence of two, the Kangsar and the Perak Rivers, it is not surprising that one of my main interest is fishing. My younger days were spent swimming and fishing.... with a bamboo pole, line and small hooks.Now while fishing, my friends and I do take a lot of photographs of anglers in action. The anglers must be careful so as not to accidentally hook on to a photographer. So I think as a reminder, I would like to name my fishing blog as 'HOOK THE SHOOTER'.

Friday, June 18, 2010

MALAYSIAN SPIDERS.

St. Andrew's Cross spider (male).
Habitat: Sunny parts of the forest.

Jumping Spider (female).
Habitat: Foliage in garden,
wasteland and jungle.


Lynx Spider.
Habitat: Shrubs in garden
 and secondary forest.


Red and Silver Spider
Habitat: As a kleptoparasite,
they are normally found in
 the webs of other larger spiders
stealling the meals of the host.


Golden Web Spider
(Female. The tiny legs on the
 web belonged to some
unfortunate males eaten
by the huge female.
The tiny males can be seen
 hanging around the web.)



















Big Jawed Spider.











Big Jawed Spider.











A nest of babies.










Spiders are classed as Arachnida of the order Araneida. They have their own characteristics of:
a. The abdomen is attached to the aphalotthorax by a narrow waist.
b. Normally the abdomen of spiders has no segments.
c. They posses spinnerets for producing silk.
Spiders can be divided roughly into the:
1. Web Weavers.
2. Hunters.
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