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Photo#89933
Copyright © 2006
Lynette Elliott
Dolomedes Eye Arrangement -
Dolomedes
For use in
Spider Eye Arrangements
Article.
Contributed by
Lynette Elliott
on 9 December, 2006 - 8:32pm
Last updated 5 April, 2014 - 9:40pm
Neat, see photo
Very nice, compare this photo I cropped to match the illustration:
I added thumbnails of both to the
Pisauridae
family page--a real enhancement, I think.
We need more of these thumbnailed into spider family pages--most are pretty bare bones now.
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Cotinis
, 30 October, 2007 - 1:08pm
Your shot
is amazing. I was admiring it yesterday. Thumbnailing them into the family or genus pages is a good idea.
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Lynette Elliott
, 30 October, 2007 - 1:17pm
Thanks, a better one
Thanks for your kind words. Here is the uncropped version, which is better, IMHO:
I was just going to leave this on my Flickr site, but I think it does add something here.
Do you know, is this a female?
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Cotinis
, 31 October, 2007 - 8:39am
Good question
I'm reluctant to say for sure, since I don't have a full view of the palps. Another problem is that juvenile males can look like females, and I'm not positive that your specimen is mature.
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Lynette Elliott
, 31 October, 2007 - 10:21am
Must be female
The thing was huge--22 mm body length. Howell and Jenkins give body length of female as 15-26 mm, of male, 7-13 mm
(
1
)
, so I'm voting female. Plus, it is late in the season, so I think too late for a juvenile anyway?
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Cotinis
, 31 October, 2007 - 10:42pm
you're probably right,
but I don't know how much to trust the season. I've seen baby zebra spiders and orb weavers on the side of my house as late as last week.
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Lynette Elliott
, 1 November, 2007 - 9:08am