I was climbing down the back today into the river and nearly put my hand on this !! Nearly **** maself

I am not best friends with Spiders to be honest and found it hard to take these pics , they are not that good because each time I went near it it went for me Well it seemed that way anyway I was also trying to not pass out

So here "she" ??? is .....


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Ahh, spiders, I would have been somewhere in Dublin befroe I'd have stopped running after touching that thing, they don't annoy me on screen but scare the bejeebers out of me in real life

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I would be swinging a bat or something at it not fond of spiders either.

Hey Danny

Like a said a feel like a right ejit im still laughing to myself now about the facebook thing, and like a said on there I would have been outa there in a shot, dont do spiders!!! Im sure thats not a big surprise me being a 'Girl'

Good pics though of the hairy horrible thing that runs like f**k if its on you and you cant get it off cause it spins a wee bit of web on you and hangs onto you like nobody business whilst you jump about crazy hitting yourself trying to get it off....eeeeew. ha ha.

D xx

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Hahaha derrrrrrrrr Fancy seeing you here !!

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Ano ha ha how the hell are ya? not spoke to you in ages, but really I have n just didnt know it was you ha ha xx

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Lucky Bleeder seeing that, a genuine Dolomedes fimbroides, we used to get them in eastanglia, but they are rare and threatened due to habitat loss, dont even think about killing them even if they are quite frightening if you have arachnaphobia, lucky bleeder, easker1

Yes I knew I was lucky and knew it was something a bit special , don't worry I love and respect all nature and would never kill something just because it frightens the living **** out of me

Yes I know about them in East Anglia , I often tried to see them at the nature reserve at Redgrave Fen , they have their own little section there with pools and a board walk for people to try and see them , never did see one though ..

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Thanks for those pictures ST, I wasn't aware that Raft Spiders existed prior to your posting, very interesting.

They have a dedicated web site which gives a very thorough overview of the species, definitely worth a look - link

The site administrator's asking anyone who's found a population of Dolomedes plantarius to contact them with photos, site location etc., they'd be pleased to hear from you.

There are some good macro shots of the spider on the FM forum -





This photographic community make you feel like binning your camera when you see the work they knock out, the macro section of the forum's particularlly intimidating...... the level of sophistication of some of their gear is phenomenal. This kit, designed for photographing subjects in flight made me realise that I'm operating in the photographic equivalent of the Stone Age!

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There are three colonies of plantarius locally to me in a local reserve but they are bloody hard to see , Near my school in the 50's I used to see them now and again , I think there may be a you tube shot of one catching a stickleback
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