A really big spider.
I found this in a stainless steel sink at the campsite.
The first is 1:2.25. I could not fit it into 1:1.
The second is 1:1, using the screen at arm's length.
The third is another spider at 1:1 uncropped.
Very nice images, and presence of mind to photograph these spiders.
I guess it's better to find that one in the sink rather than in one's sleeping bag.
--Bob
the 1st shot is excellent! and my fav,is it a wolf?
EnglishBrenda wrote:
...The second is 1:1, using the screen at arm's length....
I like the second one.
It clearly shows multiple ball and socket joints on the leg which allow greater range of movement.
tinusbum wrote:
the 1st shot is excellent! and my fav,is it a wolf?
Also mine. Good to see some from Merry Olde England. :thumbup:
Thanks for all the feedback everyone.
Tom, I didn't think it was a wolf because of the eye formation. I believe wolf spiders have a 4,4,2 pattern with the 2 at the top but this one seems to have 4 at the top. I wish I had asked it to turn round, next time I will be braver - meanwhile I will do some more research.
I did coax it onto a twig and put it in the bushes so someone did not have the opportunity to wash it down the drain. I hope that decision doesn't come back to haunt me in the night.
Nikonian72 wrote:
Spider eye patterns:
Still can't work it out Douglass but I won't give up on this monster.
JH2o
Loc: True north of England
Its a female Tegenaria Brenda, either domestica or campestris, my money is on campestris.
The orb-web spider looks like a strange pattered Araneus diadematus or Neoscona adianta
I like the first shot best, good luck with your research
With the background, #1 looks like it could be a water color painting. :thumbup:
JH2o wrote:
Its a female Tegenaria Brenda, either domestica or campestris, my money is on campestris.
The orb-web spider looks like a strange pattered Araneus diadematus or Neoscona adianta
I like the first shot best, good luck with your research
Thanks for the ID JH20. Since reading your message I have looked at the 2 options you mention and I cannot tell which it is of the two. They all seem to have slightly different markings. I also looked at Gigantia but that didn't seem quite right although the sizes matched up.
The second spider I also looked up your suggestions and believe it is a Araneus diadematus because the dorsal pattern matched up so well and also because there were quite a few of the young of this spider in the vacinity as per the photo below taken at the same time.
Thank you again, it is so helpful and time saving to have such good experts in our group. I can search for hours for an ID until I become totally bewildered.
Well done Brenda... I favor the first image. As Allen noted it has that illustrative effect. This look always catches my eye when it's done well..
Thanks William.There seems to be a lot of spiders around at the moment. I think it is time I started arranging and naming them in a more organised fashion in my spider folder.
A-PeeR wrote:
..... I favor the first image. As Allen noted it has that illustrative effect. .....
Just a little kick to the mid-tones
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