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20-06-2008, 08:10 AM
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| | | Soft southern spiders???
My favourite wee jumpers, the Fence-post jumping spiders, (occurring mainly in the south and east of Britain) have jokingly been referred to in the past as "soft southerners" because they haven't spread to the (colder) north of England yet! 
Maybe this photo will make that view obsolete?
This is one of our female Fence-post jumpers ( Marpissa muscosa) taking down a Greenbottle fly, yesterday evening on our garden fence.
A big meal indeed for a little "soft" spider! 
Please click the thumbnail and then the image to enlarge and sharpen her a little...
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20-06-2008, 08:59 AM
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| | | Re: Soft southern spiders???
I have to say that's an amazing picture. The detail is superb, stunning.
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20-06-2008, 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by demicav  I have to say that's an amazing picture. The detail is superb, stunning. | Thanks demicav.
Very kind of you.
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20-06-2008, 03:12 PM
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| | | Re: Soft southern spiders???
Great photo of your soft wussy M.muscosa.
You call that big! Pah! I say, Pah! 
Check out the Salticus scenicus here top of the page, now that's a big meal: Jumping spiders Salticidae
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20-06-2008, 03:37 PM
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| | | Re: Soft southern spiders???
I like jumping spiders. They've got attitude!
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20-06-2008, 04:19 PM
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| | | Re: Soft southern spiders???
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Originally Posted by Venger Great photo of your soft wussy M.muscosa.
You call that big! Pah! I say, Pah!
Check out the Salticus scenicus here top of the page, now that's a big meal: Jumping spiders Salticidae | I had an image of a Salticus with a bigger meal than that Venger, but i`ve misplaced it somewhere, i`ll find it though .
I found one of the images, but not the one i was looking for ... 
Last edited by Action_Man; 20-06-2008 at 04:24 PM.
Reason: added image
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20-06-2008, 04:53 PM
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| | | Re: Soft southern spiders???
Thats still only a midge though eh Action man?!
Venger - yeah, ok fairy nuff!
Right, now then, where DID I put that photo I took t'other day, of my wussy jumping spider taking down a HERON. (in flight!)
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20-06-2008, 05:29 PM
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| | | Re: Soft southern spiders???
Mine wins, in relation to body-size ... | | |
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