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Phidippus Hook - epigynum - Phidippus texanus - female
Copyright © 2010 Joe Lapp

Phidippus Hook - epigynum - Phidippus texanus - Female
McKinney Roughs Nature Park, Bastrop County, Texas, USA
August 30, 2010
Size: 12.5mm
Camera, not scope. Two different exposures.

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Phidippus Hook - dorsal - Phidippus texanus - female Phidippus Hook - side - Phidippus texanus - female Phidippus Hook - portrait - Phidippus texanus - female Phidippus Hook - ventral - Phidippus texanus - female Phidippus Hook - epigynum - Phidippus texanus - female
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Contributed by Joe Lapp on 30 August, 2010 - 7:38pm
Last updated 21 March, 2023 - 9:09am

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These need to be viewed with a microscope and the specimen under alcohol or water. Camera images such as these just don't resolve enough detail to be of any real use, particularly when the specimen is not submerged -- too many specular reflections.

-Kevin
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 31 August, 2010 - 12:56am login or register to post comments

 
You're right that these aren'
You're right that these aren't usable, but Edwards' revision still only has one fit. I like the way he did it, by creating an anatomy of dorsal patterns as we have for butterflies.
… Joe Lapp, 31 August, 2010 - 9:10am login or register to post comments

 
Nice images, BTW. -K
Nice images, BTW.

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 31 August, 2010 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

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