This is what 800 Brown Widow Spiders looks like

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Post May 26th, 2005, 3:48 pm

are those other 6 going to start adding to the sac? why are they there?
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Post May 26th, 2005, 3:48 pm

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Post May 26th, 2005, 4:46 pm

OMG i hope you don't have a lot of those all around your house. If you do you should vacuum a lil. Just kidding Axe, good shot
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Post May 26th, 2005, 5:50 pm

Vladdrac: All those spiders there came out of 1 eggsac. There's between 500-800 babies inside that thing. And there's 500-800 babies in each of the other three eggsacs I have. :)

Each eggsac is in a separate 35mm film canister. As each sac hatches, I'll let them emerge, then cannibalize over the next couple of weeks til each can is down to a manageable number (say 10-15 spiders), then split them up individually.

I was told that brown widows lay one eggsac about every 3-4 weeks. Well, she's dropped 7 of them over the past 3 weeks, so I guess that estimate was a lil off. ;)
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Post May 26th, 2005, 6:04 pm

wow I see, hmm yeah good idea to let them eat each other...youll definately get the strongest specimens.

What are you planning to do with the 10-15? keep them in an aquarium?
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Post May 26th, 2005, 8:14 pm

I'll keep some of them. I have a few friends that are spider nuts that want a few too :)
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Post May 29th, 2005, 3:10 pm

i admire your admiration for the spider axe but personally i would have destroyed the nest before it hatched cos i hate spiders and im from ireland were the biggest spider is about the size of a quarter and they rarely bite never mind have venom lol
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Post May 30th, 2005, 5:11 am

*shudders.... i hate spiders.

nice shots tho :D
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Post June 19th, 2005, 8:11 am

loved both photos and you did a great job on the capture of the babies. I teach high school biology and take photos of the insects of the wetlands that we have in front of our school.

Have you tried a set of macro filters for the camera yet?
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Post June 19th, 2005, 8:57 am

god i hate spiders..... were do you live i got a can of raid... it is not working on the computer the photos are still there.... awwwww run...
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Post June 19th, 2005, 10:37 am

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Have you tried a set of macro filters for the camera yet?

I don't use macro filters, I have a dedicated Macro lens. I use a Nikon D100 Digital SLR, not a point n' shoot :)

I do need to upgrade the lens though. Right now I'm trying to decide between these two..

Nikon 105mm f/2.8D AF Micro-Nikkor

Sigma 150mm f/2.8 EX APO Macro EX DG HSM

I'm leaning towards the Sigma at the moment, but I want to give them both a good playing with first, see how the sharpness compares.

Thanks for the compliments guys :)
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Post June 19th, 2005, 5:18 pm

I have a sigma 70-300mm 1:4-5.6 with built in macro lens and love it and my 28-80mm lens and it too has the built in macro lens. I will post some of the macro shots that I have taken with both lenses. I just have to make the pictures according to site standards.
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Post June 19th, 2005, 5:59 pm

Yeah, the Sigma 28-80 and 70-300 "macro" aren't true macros, besides, with variable focal lengths, I'd rather get a good prime.

I use the Nikon 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6D AF, and the 18-70DX, so I don't need another in that range. Over 80mm, I usually only shoot 300mm anyway, and my 300mm f/4D ED-IF AF-S works beautifully.

I just need a nice semi-long fixed-focal macro :)
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Post June 21st, 2005, 8:03 pm

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Post June 22nd, 2005, 4:59 am

if i ever saw a brown spider nest, the first thing i know i'd look for is a HAMMER, not a camera

sheesh i think i'd pass out before any thoughts came trough my head

im horrified of spiders, small ones even... dead ones too... omg zombie spider, thats evil times 3 X_X

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Post June 22nd, 2005, 2:47 pm

What's up with everyone? Spiders rock, they eat flies (the're animals to hate if ever there was one). :twisted:
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