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    St. Andrews Cross Spider: macro mandibles (lightbox material)

    St. Andrews Cross Spider: macro mandibles (lightbox material)

    Mandibles are rarely thought of as beautiful. These may or may not be beautiful but they are fascinating

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    Re: St. Andrews Cross Spider: macro mandibles (lightbox material)

    Nicely captured.

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    Re: St. Andrews Cross Spider: macro mandibles (lightbox material)

    Quote Originally Posted by Shadowman View Post
    Nicely captured.
    Thanks John, shooting at 1x1 to 1x1.2 is an interesting challenge.

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    Re: St. Andrews Cross Spider: macro mandibles (lightbox material)

    Excellent detail. From that angle I assume it is a female.

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    Re: St. Andrews Cross Spider: macro mandibles (lightbox material)

    Quote Originally Posted by Geoff F View Post
    Excellent detail. From that angle I assume it is a female.
    how can you tell?

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    Re: St. Andrews Cross Spider: macro mandibles (lightbox material)

    You rock Brian

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    Re: St. Andrews Cross Spider: macro mandibles (lightbox material)

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    You rock Brian
    now if I could just figure out landscape shooting

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    Re: St. Andrews Cross Spider: macro mandibles (lightbox material)

    Mature male spiders have a distinctly swollen area on those palps.

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