Snapped in Thailand, 1966
Rabidosa punctulata, mature female
I am interested in spiders. I am located at 36° N 80° W.
[edit] Genus Avicularia
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Todd Gearheart thinks it may be a hybrid of A. bicegoi with A. huriana
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Avicularia metallica (immature)
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Avicularia metallica (ventral view
[edit] Genus Brachypelma
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Brachypelma smithi female
[edit] Genus Oxiopes
[edit] Genus Phidippus
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Phidippus audax (1) 10 mm. Female. She keeps a watchful eye on the photographer.
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Phidippus audax (2) Note "lifeline" that protects her from falling.
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Phidippus audax (3) These spiders are capable of giving defensive bites.
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Female Phidippus johnsani (?) 14 mm.
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Large, slow moving, and attractive, some are bright red and may tempt children.
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These spiders will give defensive bites.
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Phidippus octopunctatis, perhaps the largest U.S. jumping spider.
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This female is 16 mm. long. She is very slow moving.
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Quite calm and unobtrusive, these spiders may give defensive bites.
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Phidippus whitmani(?) Calm but active, she seems not to fear the photographer.
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Phidippus workmani(?) 10 mm. She is shy and wary.
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Phidippus workmani(?) facing the camera
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Phidippus workmani(?) orienting cephalothorax upward toward camera
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Phidippus mystaceus 12 mm. female
[edit] Genus Paraphidippus
[edit] Genus Pisaurina
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Pisaurina sp., mira or brevipes. Male, 17mm
[edit] Genus Platycryptus
[edit] Tangled Web Weavers
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female, 2 mm. May be Enoplognatha ovata or some other member of the Theridiidae. Also may be a member of the Pholcidae family.
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Side view also shows ventral aspect
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head, seen from the front. Note eye pattern and prominent ridges near the eyes.
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Ventral aspect. Note ivory-like area on the soma near the cephalothorax.
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From the side, the area near the cephalothorax can been seen to protrude and come to a point.
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Unfortunately this spider escaped, so not all identifying characteristics were photographed.
[edit] Anyphaenidae
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dorsal view Family Anyphaenidae,possibly a Wulfila sp.
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ventral view Family Anyphaenidae,possibly a Wulfila sp.
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[edit] Pholcidae
[edit] Spermophora
[edit] Hogna species
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Hogna carolinensis, female, 25mm body length.
[edit] Other species
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Araneus cingulatus, a species that builds its web in tree crowns. It is about 4 mm. long. This spider was collected in central North Carolina, USA.
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Digitally enhanced image of a Sphodros rufipes that shows the nearly perfectly vertical orientation of the chelicerae, a prime characteristic of the Mygalomorphae.
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Sphodros rufipes (Atypical tarantulas)
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Digitally modified photograph showing "chopsticks" orientation of the chelicerae of the Araneomorphae.
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Argiope aurantia, hanging down in its web
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Argiope aurantia, three-quarters facing
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Argiope aurantia, ventral view
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Argiope aurantia, facing view
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Close-up of the preceding spider
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Florinda coccinea (Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver)
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Florinda coccinea (Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver)
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Florinda coccinea (Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver)
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Florinda coccinea (Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver) (Eyes)
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Florinda coccinea (Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver)
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Florinda coccinea (Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver) (Eyes)
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Florinda coccinea (Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver) (Diagram of eyes.)
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Florinda coccinea (Blacktailed Red Sheetweaver) (Chelicerae)
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Arctosa sp. (resembles A. leopardus)
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Same spider, different view.
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From North Carolina, U.S.A.
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These pictures are of one female.
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Hogna helluo, clearly showing the eye pattern typical of this genus.
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Rabidosa, rabida. Note two black front legs. Pedipalps are lighter than shown in this photograph.
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Platycryptus undatus exploring a human thumb
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Huntsman spider (Heteropoda venatoria) eating a cricket
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The same spider is carrying an empty egg case.
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Ventral aspect, showing epigynum and spinnerets.
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Dorsal view 1 Note that the red dot is formed by this spider's spinerettes.
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Dorsal view 2 The "trademark" hourglass figure is not visible.
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Dorsal view 3 This spider has an egg sac about the size of her abdomen. It it not visible in this picture.
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In this picture, the black widow's characteristic red hourglass is clearly visible.
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This spider has caught an insect in her web, has wrapped it in silk, and will soon eat it.
[edit] Diagrams
[edit] Eye patterns (modified photographs)
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Eye pattern of the orb weaving spiders.
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Eye pattern of the Plocidae (from above).
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Cephalothorax of a typical wolf spider.
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Body parts of the spider.
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Eye pattern of the orb weaving spiders.
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Eye pattern of the wolf spiders. 1. Egg sac, 2. Chelicerae, 3. Pedipalps
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"Squared-off" cephalothorax of the jumping spiders.
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Eye pattern of the jumping spiders.
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Ventral diagram of the typical spider.
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Eye pattern of the Tetragnathidae.
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Digitally modified photograph showing "chopsticks" orientation of the chelicerae of the Araneomorphae.
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Digitally enhanced image of a Sphodros rufipes that shows the nearly perfectly vertical orientation of the chelicerae typical of the Mygalomorphae.
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The fang portion folds back into the chelicera as the blade of a pocket knife folds back into its handle.
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Cut-away drawing of the cephalothorax and chelicerae, with venom glands and surrounding muscles.
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Drawing showing how the "fang" portion of the chelicera articulates with the main part of the chelicera, and how the latter articulates with the cephalothorax.
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There is nothing very tricky here.
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[edit] Physics
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single and double split photo
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Wheeler experiment problems
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Wheeler analog split and fuse
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multi telescope status one
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multi telescope status two
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Kim et al. quantum eraser
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Kim with polarizations indicated
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double split apparatus with two
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double split apparatus with three
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Approximately 1 inch black post to black post
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Brian Greene, Fabric of the Cosmos, starting p. 107
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Modified Cramer Retrocausal schematic
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[edit] Other creatures
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Black rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta) eating a rodent.
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Skritz, whose parents were allegedly a German Shepherd and a Yellow Labrador Retriever.
mystery tarantula 36∘11‘ 44,20 N 80∘11' 49,76 W
[edit] Outside acquisitions
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Thiania bhamoensis, used for spider fighting in Singapore
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