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long legged spaceship Grace gave me the idea to do a small spider series. I can&#039;t ID them, I really don&#039;t have a clue.<br /> And since my last attempt ended in a long discussion, I better won&#039;t try. Costa Rica,Geotagged,Winter,arachnid,araignée,araña,long legs,spider Click/tap to enlarge

long legged spaceship

Grace gave me the idea to do a small spider series. I can't ID them, I really don't have a clue.
And since my last attempt ended in a long discussion, I better won't try.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Let's see how far we can get, together. For starters, I believe this may be a harvestman spider. Posted 9 years ago
  2. View Claire Hamilton's profile
    Claire Hamilton
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    This is a 'Daddy-long legs' or 'Harvestman' spider. Genus Prionostemma is the best I can do though at the moment. Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago
  3. View Claire Hamilton's profile
    Claire Hamilton
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    Unsure now of the genus...there are so many!!!!! Posted 9 years ago
    1. View Annette Flottwell's profile
      Annette Flottwell
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      Thank you so much. Would you like me to post a crop of the body?
       Posted 9 years ago
      1. View morpheme's profile
        morpheme
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        There are so many brown harvestmen that without an expert and a microscope we don't stand a chance… Posted 9 years ago
  5. View Claire Hamilton's profile
    Claire Hamilton
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    I agree with Morpheme, there are hundreds of species and of many of them there is not even a photo. With all spiders it is extremely difficult to get to species level and as Morpheme rightly says, most of the time you need to look under a microscope to get an accurate ID. Sorry! fantastic spider though, keep posting them! Posted 9 years ago
    1. View morpheme's profile
      morpheme
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      So true - for a lot of insects and spiders and fungi too. I reconcile myself to not being able to ID some things because to ID them you probably have to destroy them. Don't let it stop you from photographing them though. They can still be wonderful and useful even if you can't get down to the species level. Posted 9 years ago
  7. View Ari Parviainen's profile
    Ari Parviainen
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    Nice looking harvestman and a great shot too. Continue your spider series although great deal of them certainly are impossible to identify from photos. I'll continue my dragonfly series with a couple more species :). Posted 9 years ago
  8. View Mark Ridgway's profile
    Mark Ridgway
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    Spaceship lol.
    It's good to find one with 8 legs. So often mine have less. They seem to pop out of those little sockets all too easily... but I think they might grow back with next moult.
    I love that little dorsal button they have too.     Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago
    1. View Annette Flottwell's profile
      Annette Flottwell
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      thank you Mark. My next mission will be to find more :) Posted 9 years ago

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Uploaded Mar 13, 2016. Captured Jan 11, 2016 17:31 in Unnamed Road, Tilarán, Costa Rica.
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  • NIKON D4
  • f/20.0
  • 1/250s
  • ISO500
  • 250mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.