> On Jun 11, 2015, at 12:23 AM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > > Warning: not for people with arachnophobia. > > Today, I saw a very unusual spider. It is called "spiny orb weaver", but it > looks like a stormtrooper: > http://42graphy.org/misc/2015-06-10-spider/ > The second photo shows the unusually colorful butt (and you might be able to > see even the tiny thread coming from it to about 7:30) > The formal classification name is Gasteracantha cancriformis > http://goo.gl/5a3ui1 > Apparently, these species are frequent in this part of the country. > > It was hard to photograph this creature because of the light breeze that was > sufficient to move the web in and out of focus but insufficient to prevent me > from sweating in the over-90F heat.
Thanks, Igor. Weird looking spiders. Curious about your lens and settings. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] “...we are a form of invitation to others and to otherness..." - David Whyte -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
