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28-08-2009, 09:25 AM
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| | | At Last Another Erith Marshes Wasp Spider.
Well after finding a Wasp Spider last year on my daily lunch break walks along the Thames river bank at Erith I was determined to find another this year. Yesterday after a couple of months of traipsing through long grass and bramble thickets I found one. Going on it's large size I'm suspecting it's a female. 
I'm quite pleased with the picture considering it was taken with a mobile phone. |
28-08-2009, 11:56 AM
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| | | Re: At Last Another Erith Marshes Wasp Spider.
That's great, Geoff! Excellent quality for a phone, nice and close too - is that auto-focus as well? |
28-08-2009, 10:20 PM
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| | | Re: At Last Another Erith Marshes Wasp Spider.
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Originally Posted by Jason Green  That's great, Geoff! Excellent quality for a phone, nice and close too - is that auto-focus as well? |
Yes auto focus with a Sony Ericsson K850i set on macro held about 9" away. I must admit it was the best out of about 10 frames, the rest all well out of focus because either the wind was blowing the subject back and forth, or it decided to focus on the brambles behind. |
05-09-2009, 07:21 PM
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| | | Re: At Last Another Erith Marshes Wasp Spider.
Hi Geoff. I too went along the Thames Path starting at Erith this lunchtime and I spotted a few of these beautiful spiders. See my other post for photos.
Jason |
12-09-2009, 10:00 AM
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| | | Re: At Last Another Erith Marshes Wasp Spider.
That's a beautiful photo! Last year my boyfriend's Granny asked me to identify a spider by description that souded like a Wasp Spider. I showed her some pics and she said that yes, that's what it was... and it had left an egg sac on her window!
I persuaded her to leave it there and let it hatch. This was in Kent, which as far as I know is very far north for these spiders. |
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| | | Re: At Last Another Erith Marshes Wasp Spider.
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Originally Posted by Entorien_Scriber That's a beautiful photo! Last year my boyfriend's Granny asked me to identify a spider by description that souded like a Wasp Spider. I showed her some pics and she said that yes, that's what it was... and it had left an egg sac on her window!
I persuaded her to leave it there and let it hatch. This was in Kent, which as far as I know is very far north for these spiders. | They occur well to the north of Kent! Quite a few in Juncus today at Wanstead Flats, London/Essex. | | |
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