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Eight legs - Arachnids
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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.
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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)
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I think it's a European garden spider (Araneus diadematus) The picture was taken in my parents backyard. I spotted the spider sitting in the corner of its web slowly wrapping a dead wasp. In the area I live, this is about as big as they get and I spent maybe 15 minutes or more just watching it.
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Submitted: | Friday, 22nd May, 2009 18:41 (GMT) |
Taken: | Thursday, 13th November, 2008 |
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