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tomasg
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 Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:55 am Post subject: Long sexy legs... |
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tomasg wrote:
...hmmm, not the type you thought 
Taken with a Vivitar 17/3.5 (the only lens i had at the moment), does anyone has any idea what "type" of spider is this? The body is of a size of a 5 cent euro coin, the longest legs are cca. 8 cm, i think.
the original:
http://www.pbase.com/tomasg_71/image/137462084
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Kram
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Kram wrote:
In the US they are called Grandaddy Long Legs. Harmless creatures.  |
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NikonD wrote:
pri nas na gorenjskem se jim reče Suha južna al pa Matija
rough translation: In our region, they're are called Suha južna or Matija |
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peterqd wrote:
In UK we call this the Harvest Spider or Harvestman. Here is a little blurb I found:
Harvest spiders, or harvestmen, (order Opiliones) are not true spiders, and you can tell this because their bodies are globular, rather than being in two sections like true a spider's body. Most have long legs, with the second pair being the longest. Harvestmen also differ from spiders in that they only have two eyes, rather than the usual eight.
They are also different from true spiders in that they do not produce silk and have no venom.
Harvestmen are omnivorous and will eat almost anything, from dead slugs to strawberry jam and even bird droppings. They obtain water either from drinking drops of dew on leaves or from attacking plant matter for the liquid inside it.
Although harvestmen are mainly nocturnal, they can be seen during the day resting on walls and fences, or on plants, like the one in the picture.
They are called harvestmen, or harvest spiders, because that is when they are mature and most to be seen.
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mo wrote:
Amazing! Thanks for the details Peter.
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tomasg
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tomasg wrote:
Thenks Peter for the info, re-looking at it and knowing a little about spiders everything matches. There where 3 of them, all on rocks in a shadow, nerbay the stream of the river, with lots of "spraying", thus cooling down the air on a very hot day. Only one of them runned away after one of my kids gently touched one of the legs, the one i took a picture didn t care much about me, even if came very close to him to take that kind of a picture with a 17 mm lens.
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Arkku
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 6:01 pm Post subject: Re: Long sexy legs... |
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Arkku wrote:
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| ...hmmm, not the type you thought :D |
Actually, it was exactly what I thought when I read the title… |
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tomasg
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| Actually, it was exactly what I thought when I read the title… |
Ok, the next time i ll give such a tittle to a post, i promise it will be a picture/s of a ladys legs 
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| Actually, it was exactly what I thought when I read the title… |
Ok, the next time i ll give such a tittle to a post, i promise it will be a picture/s of a ladys legs
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promise saved in my memory
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