Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Overwhelming beauty of Eresus (velvet spider)

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 02-08-2007 21:57
#1
I want share with you one of most spectacular spiders I ever seen. I photographed this Eresus sandaliatus male.

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bigger here: http://www.flickr...618&size=l
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 02-08-2007 21:59

Posted by Sundew on 02-08-2007 23:20
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Absolutely lovely, congratulations! Beats Argiope bruennichi that I admire on the dry meadow in front of our institute every day. Is E. niger a synonym or another species?
Go on that lucky,
Sundew

Posted by Isidro on 03-08-2007 00:50
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Yes, Eresus niger is now synonym of Eresus cinnabarinus. E. sandaliatus is another species and there are two more species in Iberian peninsula, I think. But I can't distinguish.

Congratulations Jorge, I never have seen these spectacular spiders.