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Banded Garden Spider & Assassin

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Banded Garden Spider & Assassin - 06-02-2011, 11:11 PM

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Banded Garden Spider, argiope - Argiope trifasciata by GPLimages, on Flickr

It looks like an assassin bug, but not sure what kind

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White Assassin? by GPLimages, on Flickr

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White Assassin? by GPLimages, on Flickr

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06-03-2011, 08:41 AM


Those are some seriously amazing closeups of the assassin. Remarkable work.

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06-03-2011, 08:10 PM


Thanks Keith. The assassin was sitting atop a small pine tree about waist high with no wind and he was not moving, he made it easy.

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06-03-2011, 08:53 PM


Really like the sharpness of the eye in the last one!

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I like 'em all!

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Love that 2nd shot!

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06-04-2011, 12:12 PM


Thanks y'all. What sucks is I messed up the exposure on the spider...

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That assassin is crazy sharp!
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06-05-2011, 10:32 AM


Really like the Assassin. Great shot.

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