Eight legs - Arachnids Challenge #1 in the Bexter's challenges series. Hosted by Bexter. Challenge has finished Submit your best picture of an arachnid with 8 legs. Crabs, Octopus's and other eight legged animals not allowed. Anything in the Arachnid family is ok - Spiders, Scorpions tick's etc. Please give any information you have on what the arachnid is, where it was taken and any interesting stories about getting the photograph. Show full rules Announced: Wednesday, 13th May, 2009 (GMT) Submissions: Wednesday, 20th May, 2009 – Tuesday, 26th May, 2009 (GMT) Voting: Wednesday, 27th May, 2009 – Tuesday, 2nd June, 2009 (GMT) Processing rules: No HDR - Single images only Cropping ok Basic post processing ok (sharpening, colour, contrast etc) Capture date rules: No restrictions. Additional rules: 1 entry per user Try to state what the picture is of (not expecting latin names but a little information is good if you have it) Arachnids only (Spiders, Scorpions, Tick's etc) No other eight legged animals (Crabs Octopus's etc) Maximum number of entries per user: 1 Maximum number of entries in challenge: 500

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