Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fascinating Craig, mega-thanks for the information cheers Douglas Craig Zeni wrote: > > On May 30, 2005, at 4:53 PM, Peter Dzwig wrote: > >> Douglas Sharp wrote: >> >>> I think it's a European Garden Spider turned white. Taken with a 2/50mm >>> Summicron-R lens, I went back into the house to get my macro lens and >>> of course the beast had disappeared by the time I got back, about 1.5 >>> minutes! All Canon 20D with Leica lenses. >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Spider_1 >>> and a couple of flowers which have managed to survive the heatwave >>> over the last couple of days >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Garden_1 >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Garden_2 >>> 33 C in the shade yesterday (I make that 91.4 F ,if my school maths >>> is correct: divide by 5, multiply by 9 and add 32 I think) >>> And a re-scanned Yorkshire Rose from many years ago >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Roses_1 >>> cheers >>> Douglas >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> we had something similar on an Iris the other day, my son found it; >> described it as a "glow in the dark spider" because it looked a pale >> radium colour - like a luminous watch (old style). Size was much >> smaller maybe 5mm across. > > > From an entomologist friend of mine to whom I forwarded the link: > > "Crab spider collected from a white blossom -- they can change to match > their > background. You ought to see one in a bright yellow flower -- they look > neon." > > Bugs'r'us > NC > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >