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Maggi Young

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Re: Wildlife Autumn 2007 (spring wildlife Down Under)
« Reply #210 on: October 01, 2007, 09:44:42 PM »
lord knows, Anthony... you'd better pack the Tea Tree Oil!
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Re: Wildlife Autumn 2007 (spring wildlife Down Under)
« Reply #211 on: October 01, 2007, 10:36:59 PM »
Hello,

Anthony, could you please Id this spider?

Thanks you very much, it is about 1cm.
« Last Edit: October 02, 2007, 07:00:11 PM by Rafa »
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Re: Wildlife Autumn 2007 (spring wildlife Down Under)
« Reply #212 on: October 01, 2007, 11:17:38 PM »
now that is very cute

Anthony you get about dont you! When are you off to Trinidad?
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When the swifts arrive empty the green house

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Re: Wildlife Autumn 2007 (spring wildlife Down Under)
« Reply #213 on: October 01, 2007, 11:22:07 PM »
Before I go to bed I just Googled it. It's actually also native to the UK and confined to one 50m square heath in Dorset. Ladybird spider
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Re: Wildlife Autumn 2007 (spring wildlife Down Under)
« Reply #214 on: October 02, 2007, 12:10:00 AM »
Didn't need to look that one up. As Mark says, it's the Ladybird Spider (Eresus niger). Only the male is red. Rafa, that is a really superb pic. What a privilege to be able to share it. :)
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Re: Wildlife Autumn 2007 (spring wildlife Down Under)
« Reply #215 on: October 02, 2007, 09:22:10 AM »
I think this Forum is doing me good in improving, if not curing, my distaste of spiders and assorted beasties with over-long legs. (No, I do not have a problem with Giraffe) I have actually enjoyed studying Rafa's ladybird spider. He is beautifully marked... an idea of scale would be interesting...if he's found in the UK, I can assume he's not very large ?
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Re: Wildlife Autumn 2007 (spring wildlife Down Under)
« Reply #216 on: October 02, 2007, 09:56:54 AM »
Great pic of the Ladybird spider.

Do you carry a tripod everywhere to get such superb pictures?
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Re: Wildlife Autumn 2007 (spring wildlife Down Under)
« Reply #217 on: October 02, 2007, 12:29:14 PM »
the little smiley face on his back is quite cute.... even if 4 "eyes" in it.  Very cute spider (and that is saying something, given I don't like spiders!  ;D)
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Re: Wildlife Autumn 2007 (spring wildlife Down Under)
« Reply #218 on: October 02, 2007, 01:02:35 PM »
I would say 5 - 7 mm long? It is similar, but not related, to the wee Zebra Spiders (Salticus spp.) we see on house walls.
« Last Edit: October 02, 2007, 09:53:06 PM by adarby »
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Re: Wildlife Autumn 2007 (spring wildlife Down Under)
« Reply #219 on: October 02, 2007, 04:32:21 PM »
My apologies....I didn't know whether to post these images on the 'American Holiday' thread or the 'Wildlife' one so opted for the easiest to find.....these images were taken in June in Zion National Park, Utah and feature a nest....well, I'm sure the images speak for themselves.....
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Re: Wildlife Autumn 2007 (spring wildlife Down Under)
« Reply #220 on: October 02, 2007, 06:58:36 PM »
Beautiful bird Cliff, is it a Zosterops species?
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Re: Wildlife Autumn 2007 (spring wildlife Down Under)
« Reply #221 on: October 02, 2007, 07:07:19 PM »
It looks too big for a Zosterops aka White Eye. It could be a Flycatcher
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Re: Wildlife Autumn 2007 (spring wildlife Down Under)
« Reply #222 on: October 02, 2007, 07:30:52 PM »
This is a Diprion pini, the name explain something, they eat Pinus sylvestris leaves distroying huge extensions during kilometers of forrest from level 1400m high
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Re: Wildlife Autumn 2007 (spring wildlife Down Under)
« Reply #223 on: October 02, 2007, 07:50:11 PM »
What a performer Rafa (does he mean the Diprion or the photographer.....or both)?

Another shot from America, this time Monterey....lots more to follow when time and tide allow....
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Re: Wildlife Autumn 2007 (spring wildlife Down Under)
« Reply #224 on: October 02, 2007, 09:43:47 PM »
A wonderful bird that last one. I especialy like the pattern on his/her back. All the birds are delightful. Have you been back to the States Cliff? or are these leftovers from the last trip?

I could use some Diprion pini in the garden (though MAF would have kittens at the thought). Our pines are getting way too big and everything in and out of the house has a pale yellow film of pollen on it. And I have hay fever. :'(
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