Meta menardi

Commander of the Wild Empire

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19-07-2011 05:40 PM - permalink
Jason Green

Hi Met,

How's the 'scope? Hope things are good with you.

Take care,

Jason
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30-06-2010 06:55 PM - permalink
Jason Green

Excellent, my pleasure. I've just been taking a few photos through it myself - Stratiomyid antennae, Pachygaster sp. so far.

That'll be my second recommendation - 'Kayleigh' who you no doubt have seen around on here, bought an Opteka macro lens the same as mine after seeing the results...

Look into the accessories - a mini camera that takes images at 20x - the same as you see. You can also buy eyepieces to make it 40x mag., something I may look into.

Just think, you'll be able to look at all those spider palps now!
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01-02-2010 09:06 PM - permalink
tufftie

How's you? long time no chat? Thought the cave troll spiders had got to you?!!! :D :p :D
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05-10-2009 11:00 PM - permalink
TheSeagull

What's that species in your avatar? I've had one in the garden and never been able to identify it!
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08-07-2009 10:51 AM - permalink
Herd900rd

I expect hundreds of MP's are aware of the hospital parking tax problem. They have staff to deal with these issues....don't they?
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14-05-2009 02:32 AM - permalink
Nick1986

thats pretty cool that is. its really quite hard to find other people who av a big interest in spiders. everyone i know seems o hate them lol
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10-05-2009 09:01 PM - permalink
Nick1986

hi, is ur user name the latin name for a cave spider? it certainly seems very much like it lol
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01-05-2009 08:37 PM - permalink
Kayleigh

Thanks for accepting I don't do politics either..
Love plants though when I can stop the dog digging them up..
I have a little room left so will see what I want my take a trip to the garden centre to see what they have I love to plant close for density to keep the weeds out..
take care
Elaine..
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20-03-2009 06:54 PM - permalink
Meta menardi

Compare your pic and Amaurobius fenestralis - Wildlife Photography with my recent post, and I think that you will see what I am thinking. Not a better man, but the L. Sclopetarius is so distinctive.

The biggest difference in the biology of the two is the type of silk produced, Amaurobius sp all produce sticky cribellate silk, also called hackle-band silk, but L. sclop. has an orb web, and spends most of it's time in that web, in the centre. Have a look if you have the time, and let me know what you think.

Phil
18-03-2009 06:13 PM - permalink
jezlee

Hi Phil - my Larinoides was identified by someone on WAB, but I also researched it on the internet, and it seemed to fit both description and location, i.e. on metal railings near water, which seems to be a common place to find these! I'm pretty happy with the ID, but I'm always open to a better man than I telling me where I've gone wrong!

Cheers

Jez
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