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File:Hersilia-2016-06-19-002.jpg, featured

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• Category: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Arthropods/Arachnida
•  Info A Tree trunk spider (Hersilia sp.) capturing a cicada. "Rather than making a web that captures prey directly, they lay a light coating of threads over an area of tree bark and wait hidden in plain sight for an insect to stray onto that patch. Once that occurs, they direct their spinnerets toward their prey and circle it; all the while casting silk on it. When the hapless insect has been thoroughly immobilized, they can bite it through its new shroud. They have lightning speed, giving the victim no chance to escape." C/u/n by Jkadavoor -- Jee 06:17, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
•  Support -- Jee 06:17, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Alex Florstein (talk) 10:04, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Martin Falbisoner (talk) 10:55, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
•  Support -- Spurzem (talk) 11:21, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
•  Support 😄 ArionEstar 😜 (talk) 13:45, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
•  Support Yuck, but great picture. I know we have the {{Nsfw}} template for nudity and such, is there some similar arachnid warning? w.carter-Talk 15:48, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

• You can design one. Jee 16:13, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

•  Support - I suppose this deserves a feature out of pure interest, but if it would work to sharpen the spider just a bit, please do so. It's a good-looking spider, though of course I feel for the cicada. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 19:50, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
•  Qualified support The image is striking enough that although I would have cropped in more tightly on the, uh, action, it can still be featurable. Daniel Case (talk) 20:42, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
•  Support INeverCry 21:12, 21 August 2016 (UTC)
•  Neutral I'm a little embarrassed by the proportions, I would have maybe prefer a vertical shooting and then a 45° rotation to have the trunk horizontal...though good picture! Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 22:38, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

• Tree trunk spiders usually seen on main trunk; not on branches. So making the trunk horizontal may reduce the EV. A portrait crop removing empty sky from both sides may possible. (This is a high speed action; just happened close to my range. I didn't made a single step; just raise the camera and shoot. Only later I found I'm able to capture all important moments, including the bite through shroud.) Jee 03:55, 22 August 2016 (UTC)

•  Support FP for sure and the slight lack of sharpness is not important for this type of shot. Charles (talk) 09:48, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Famberhorst (talk) 15:35, 22 August 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --LivioAndronico ^(talk) 10:17, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Yann (talk) 11:32, 23 August 2016 (UTC)
•  Support --Isasza (talk) 18:59, 23 August 2016 (UTC)

Confirmed results:

Result: 14 support, 0 oppose, 1 neutral → featured. /INeverCry 20:50, 26 August 2016 (UTC)

This image will be added to the FP gallery: Animals/Arthropods/Arachnida