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--Boundary_(ID_Iq5/FvJvbg0DDATwUqDENQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Your spider, no. 0159, is probably a species of Dolomedes, i.e., a fishing spider or raft spider or "Jesus Christ spider" (so-called because runs on water surface) or nursery-web spider -- latter name is the name of the family group to which all fishing spiders belong -- Dolomedes species can be very large with big leg-spans and very quick-moving -- they occur along lakeshores or edges of streams. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville On 5-May-08, at 12:27 AM, Melvina Weatherby wrote: > I am using for the first time an extension tube with my sigma 100mm > macro lens. > My eyes were focused a little lower than usual because I was > searching for bugs to photographing this fine week-end, they are > so beautiful when viewed so close up . I have no idea what any > of the bugs are called and I was too lazy to use a tripod so the > focus could of been better. > I would appreciate any names for my captured bugs . > > Melvina > > > http://www.pbase.com/applady2001/bugs_may_34th_2008 --Boundary_(ID_Iq5/FvJvbg0DDATwUqDENQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> Your spider, no. 0159, is probably a species of Dolomedes, i.e., a = fishing spider or raft spider or "Jesus Christ spider" (so-called = because runs on water surface) or nursery-web spider -- latter name is = the name of the family group to which all fishing spiders belong -- = Dolomedes species can be very large with big leg-spans and very = quick-moving -- they occur along lakeshores or edges of = streams.<div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville</div><div><br><div><div>On 5-May-08, at 12:27 AM, Melvina = Weatherby wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: = separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; = font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: = auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2">I am using for the first time an extension tube with my sigma = 100mm macro lens.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">=A0My = eyes were focused a little lower than usual=A0 because I was searching = for bugs to photographing this fine week-end,=A0=A0 they are so = =A0beautiful=A0 when viewed =A0so close=A0up=A0. I have no idea what any = of the bugs are called and I was too lazy to use a tripod so the focus = could of been better.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">=A0= I would appreciate any names for my captured bugs = .</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2">=A0</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2">=A0Melvina</font></div><div>=A0<div>=A0</div><a = href=3D"http://www.pbase.com/applady2001/bugs_may_34th_2008">http://www.pb= ase.com/applady2001/bugs_may_34th_2008</a></div></span></blockquote></div>= <br></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_Iq5/FvJvbg0DDATwUqDENQ)--
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