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Aug 01, 2007 11:26 |  #16

ok thanks Alby ,hope you gave it back to the spider


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Aug 01, 2007 11:58 |  #17

Courierman wrote in post #3650025 (external link)
ok thanks Alby ,hope you gave it back to the spider

Haha, how would you like someone taking your dinner away pulling it apart and returning it 10 minutes later CM :lol::lol: I sure it will catch another soon :-)


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Aug 01, 2007 12:07 |  #18

he he you better have a good look under your bed tonight :lol:


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Aug 01, 2007 13:00 |  #19

Excellent sequence Alby- quite suprised the wasp didn't break free or more normally spiders tend to release bees and wasps from their web as too much hassle to deal with. Agree- it's the wasp's mouth parts in the pic.
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Aug 01, 2007 13:05 |  #20

Super catch Alby. What a tussle.


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Aug 01, 2007 13:17 |  #21

LordV wrote in post #3650543 (external link)
Excellent sequence Alby- quite suprised the wasp didn't break free or more normally spiders tend to release bees and wasps from their web as too much hassle to deal with. Agree- it's the wasp's mouth parts in the pic.
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Thanks Brian. I didn't know that, this spide must have fancied its chances.

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Super catch Alby. What a tussle.

Thanks Brian, it was a tussle at that.


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Aug 01, 2007 14:20 |  #22

Great shots!!!


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Aug 01, 2007 15:00 |  #23

Superb series Alby
Amazed that the spider won but I guess the venom gave it the advantage
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Aug 01, 2007 15:12 |  #24

just stunning i will keep trying to to come up to your standard


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Aug 01, 2007 15:22 |  #25

Overkill wrote in post #3651045 (external link)
Great shots!!!

Thanks Overkill. :-)

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Superb series Alby
Amazed that the spider won but I guess the venom gave it the advantage
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Thank is exactly what I thought Pete, thanks for the encouragement. :-)

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just stunning i will keep trying to to come up to your standard

Hey... I've seen quite a few of your shots and there not half bad either :-)


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Aug 02, 2007 07:09 |  #26

Courierman wrote in post #3649368 (external link)
nice set there Alby ,but did you see the little spider that the wasp is eating :lol:

Wow I had to look at that again I missed that. Good catch.


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Aug 02, 2007 11:45 |  #27

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Wow I had to look at that again I missed that. Good catch.

:-D Thanks.


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Aug 02, 2007 16:59 |  #28

Owned!

Nice series and wonderful detail. Would be nice to have seen the spider enjoying the spoils of war. :)


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Aug 02, 2007 17:43 |  #29

Great series Alby, excellent detail and tells a good story.


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