I believe that although crab spiders(Thomisidae) dont build webs as such they still produce silk, as do all spiders.

Nice photo!

I take it you mean twebster. I just sent him a PM.

Yes Photoshop elements has a neat 'color cast' setting which is easy to use. Its found in Enhance>Color>Color Cast.

Sorry Ken, I never realised it would be a problem!

Fascinating, and I apologise to Walter for hijacking his post!

Thanks Ken , I knew the magnification would work out but I seemed to remember reading somewhere that one should work via a 10x objective and a 4x eyepiece I have a 5x eyepiece but its very narrow field, at least with the 10 12.5 and 40x objectives., but combining that with the 4X objecrtive would gi...

I found this on Ebay and its going pretty cheap. Its a Reichert Microscope objective marked 4x /0.10 160/- It has just over 3 days left and is curently at £2.20! Would I be OK combining a 4X objective with a 10X eyepiece to get 40X, or should it be the other way round? (Low power eyepiece/higher pow...

I read somewhere they actually move, and can be watched doing so!

Nice macros! What lighting did you have onBTW. Is it flourescent strips, i see a strange greenish yellowish color cast.

Ken, what a neat idea! I have one of those third hands things knocking about somewhere too!

Shield bugs are cool creatures!
Looks like those 3 are having a meeting!

I could do with some Lidocaine for my sore throat!

Philodina! I remember drawing that thru my scope years ago!


Hey I wonder what I'm likely to find in my compost bin?

Ive been putting my images up on my webiste, and I used this sites logo to kinda spread the word!
(Actually I have an ulterior motive; I needed to lower a pic to balance things up and this logo was just the right size! )

http://members.lycos.co.uk/numanoid27/photoalbum20.html

Very nice shot, great detail!
BTW, what is DIC?

Nice shots! I thought the second image was a Water Bear at first.