A Barn Funnel Weaver full spider added Feb 14
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A Barn Funnel Weaver full spider added Feb 14
Well, just part of it!
This is about the 4th spider to show up in my unheated garage this winter.
This male dead on the concrete - probably froze to death.
Not any other activity in the world of bugs and so mounted a pedipalp in glycerine. Complex structures which I hope to get a better handle on in the future.
Possibly a "Barn Funnel Weaver" Tegenaria domestica
10x CF N Plan Nikon on bellows, Zerene Stacker processing.
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This is about the 4th spider to show up in my unheated garage this winter.
This male dead on the concrete - probably froze to death.
Not any other activity in the world of bugs and so mounted a pedipalp in glycerine. Complex structures which I hope to get a better handle on in the future.
Possibly a "Barn Funnel Weaver" Tegenaria domestica
10x CF N Plan Nikon on bellows, Zerene Stacker processing.
NU13-02-12-1
Last edited by NikonUser on Thu Feb 14, 2013 5:02 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Thanks Rik; yes these things really do need stereo to appreciate their complexity.
Craig: I mentioned glycerine in case someone compared these images with Rik's:
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... t=pedipalp
his seem to be dry mounts
Glycerine is a standard mounting medium, easy to use as it is miscible with water and alcohol. Can be used for all subjects.
Lots of info in Micscape Magazine, simply search for glycerine mounting
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/ind ... exmag.html
click on Search Site under Main Menu
Craig: I mentioned glycerine in case someone compared these images with Rik's:
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... t=pedipalp
his seem to be dry mounts
Glycerine is a standard mounting medium, easy to use as it is miscible with water and alcohol. Can be used for all subjects.
Lots of info in Micscape Magazine, simply search for glycerine mounting
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/ind ... exmag.html
click on Search Site under Main Menu
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student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
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Olympus microscope and objectives
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
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Yes, mine are dry.NikonUser wrote:I mentioned glycerine in case someone compared these images with Rik's:
http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... t=pedipalp
his seem to be dry mounts
--Rik
Thanks again everyone.
This is what the beast looks like:
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This is what the beast looks like:
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student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
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The spider was found dead and was completely relaxed (flexible). I simply spread it out on a sheet of plastic and photographed it on my vertical macro setup.
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student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives
student of entomology
Quote – Holmes on ‘Entomology’
” I suppose you are an entomologist ? “
” Not quite so ambitious as that, sir. I should like to put my eyes on the individual entitled to that name.
No man can be truly called an entomologist,
sir; the subject is too vast for any single human intelligence to grasp.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr
The Poet at the Breakfast Table.
Nikon camera, lenses and objectives
Olympus microscope and objectives