Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/15

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Crab Spider
From: chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com (Chris Crawford)
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:09:36 -0400

You shouldn't have killed it, Crab Spiders are cool. They change colors to
match the flowers they sit on, so they can ambush bugs that frequent
flowers, like bees.


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Chris Crawford
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On 8/16/10 12:04 AM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> As I watched the PGA Championship finals today, my wife pointed out that a
> spider was working on the back of my recliner.  I got up and saw it was a
> translucent crab spider, not usually found indoors.  I had to resort to
> on-camera flash in order to get enough light to raise the shutter speed.  
> He
> now resides in my vacuum cleaner.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Crab+Spider.jpg.html
> 
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> 
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