| Archive for scabies.myfreeforum.org Southern California Arachnid, Bug, Invertebrate, Entomological Society |
| Pulk |
A. nephilae. Silver ArgyrodesWhat and I both found awesome SILVER Argyrodes. Would look nice on an A. argentata web. :wink:
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| Jules |
WOW!! That thing is AWESOME! i have never seen one before. Very cool find! | ||||
| Pulk |
you should see What's photos of one of them, they're a lot better than mine.
don't forget you can click "all sizes" and blow it up http://www.flickr.com/photos/i_am_subverted/1178197569/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/i_am_subverted/1178194539/in/photostream/ |
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| What |
I think that only works for flickr members, so here are the direct links: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1043/1178197569_4c68275a7b_b.jpg http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1097/1178194539_5363ed08f2_b.jpg If anyone wants links to the massive 3008 x 2000 originals let me know. |
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| Pulk |
oops, you're right. sorry | ||||
| lizmotobike |
are these local? very nice spiders. thanks. | ||||
| Jules |
Those things are freaking amazing!! What kind of habitat did you find them in? Are they very common? | ||||
| Pulk |
What ID'd them as A. nephilae.
they're local to at least Aliso Viejo and Encinitas. i found this one on a small potted agave, not even close to an orb weaver. (kevin?) neither of us has found any more. |
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| Jules |
Are they usually found nearby orb weavers? Sorry, i have never heard of or seen these truly unbelievably amazing spiders!!! 
It kind of looks like a tiny, mini hershy's kiss!! |
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| Johnny |
Nice find "John Pulk"...he he..
Now you've got me looking around for them. |
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| Steven |
I failed with the black slings from the sacs you gave me.  They fed, but there was a constant die off ..never witnessed cannibalism. but I wont rule that out. The last sling died yesterday. Try, try again ...as they say. I will definitely want to try again.
The brown flavored slings... still have a group of them, though still to difficult to count. |
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| What |
The one I found I observed over two nights before collecting it. The first night it had a web quite similar in structure to a Latrodectus web, except that it had a row of prey hanging below it. The second night it had moved ~5ft and was inhabiting an abandoned Neoscona web. Unfortunately I couldnt get pics of the spider in either web because of my lack of a macro lens. |
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| Pulk |
that's too bad... i'll let you know if i find any more black ones. i can always get more brown ones. and it would be AWESOME if this silver one is gravid. |
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| Steven |
Cool. Jacob suites you though. ...Its a serious, calm and thoughtful sorta name. Parents only get one shot with the name part of the deal. ...maybe they hit the nail on the head? 
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| cacoseraph |
dang guys!
we need to make a cage that has a Calisoga longitarsus on the bottom.... a Argiope argentata on top and some of these running all over 
excellent find! this makes me think we should make on thread on here to have EVERY spider pic the group has or something... i would love to have a like, virtual zoo (well, pic gallery at any rate) of all the really interesting species scabies comes across |
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| Johnny |
yeah that would be a great idea.... or even better, one section for a local species checklist/album/listing/survey or whatchamacallit | ||||
| What |
Found another one of these today, I have been watching a N. oaxacensis web for the past week or so, and went out today to find the spider dead(presumably of some natural cause) with an A. nephilae feasting on the carcass. Kind of a cool find. | ||||
| What |
So, I *finally* found a male of this species.
click on the picture for larger. Sorry about the focus I need a mini tripod still.... |
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| Pulk |
arrghh... china blocks flickr and i don't want to d/l the firefox extension on the hotel computer... but finding a male is awesome. Breed them quick! | ||||