_Now_ I'm surprised. Not poisonous but venomous - as are all spiders. Most European ones are not able to penetrate human skin, though. Not like you to slip up on terminology - or were you just slumming?
> On 15 September 2016 at 21:49 Jostein <p...@alunfoto.no> wrote: > > > She is, isn't she? The cross spider is actually the only poisonous > spider whe have. About as bad as the sting of a honeybee. > Jostein > > Den 15.09.2016 00.29, skrev Brian Walters: > > I'm not an arachnophobe but that's one scary lady! > > > > But I like it! > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Brian > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Brian Walters > > Western Sydney Australia > > http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016, at 07:07 AM, Jostein wrote: > >> Came over this fellow on a stroll around the garden. She had a well > >> tended net which she withdrew from when I approaced, to seek shelter or > >> camouflage in the leaf. But she couldn't stop checking her trap for > >> signs of lunch. :-) > >> > >> http://www.alunfoto.no/innhold/kjenne-etter-napp/ > >> > >> Araneus diadematus ("Cross-spider"), > >> > >> K-3 II, FA-100 WR macro. Small flash and homemade diffuser. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
