[Leica] Albino Spider

[sdp35 at cwazy.co.uk (Craig Zeni)]

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
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> 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