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Not a spider!


Not a spider!
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Copyright: Jean Loup Castaigne (jloup) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 10 W: 0 N: 28] (125)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-09-10
Categories: Spiders
Camera: Nikon D70, Sigma 105mm F/2.8 EX 100 Macro, RAW @ ISO 200
Exposure: f/13.0, 1/60 seconds
Details: Tripod: Yes (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-09-11 0:47
Viewed: 1001
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
In many backyards the most conspicuous "spider" isn't a spider at all, but rather something related to the spiders, as are scorpions, ticks, mites, centipedes and millipedes. This is the Daddy-longlegs, also known as the Harvestman. Why isn't it a spider? First of all, instead of its body consisting of two parts, the cephalothorax and the abdomen, as with spiders, there's just one thing. A Daddy Longlegs has its head, thorax, and abdomen all fused together. Second, instead of the spider's usual eight eyes, a Daddy Longlegs just possesses two. They have no venom at all. They eat a wide variety of foods, including: aphids, caterpillars, beetles, flies, mites, small slugs, snails, earthworms, spiders, other harvestmen, decaying plant and animal matter, bird droppings and fungi. (adapted from backyardnature).
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Hi Jean,
Thanks for your kind critique on my recent butterfly picture.
Coming to your image of Daddy Long Legs, it is a very sharp and crisp capture of its main body. I can understand that in your priority for size, the long legs had to go. Very reasonable. I can observe all the facts you have given in your note and why is is not a spider.
Thanks for sharing this image and regards.
Ram

Hi Jean,
mükemmel yakınlık,
harika bir şey, Canlılara yaklaşmayı çok seviyorum bende.

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  • Lapii (68)
  • [2008-09-12 0:39]

c'est peut-être pas une araignée mais c'est une sale bête quand même !
Vu sous cet angle, c'est vrai qu'elle parait sympatique.
Excellente photo
Véro

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