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Old 26-11-2009, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by troypiggo View Post
Interesting. I know they can change their colour depending on the colour flower they're on to help camouflage, but haven't heard or noticed any luminescence. I wonder if it's related to the colour changing - like, maybe the higher the luminescence the whiter they look, or they can drop down the glow to look more yellow?
Yes, I am still pondering it...

1. It's not "glowing" of it's own accord.

2. A correctly exposed shot, does not "luminate", it appears white.

3. I only get the glow when I accidentally (or purposefully like this), under expose the shot.


I am assuming it appears to be "glowing", beacuse an under exposed shot predominantly picks up on its white abdomen. Due to that, I believe the white abdomen appears green because of the refracting light of it's green skin.

The only thing stumping me, is that it is a light green spider, not that rich darker luminescence green, seen in the shots.



I will get out there tonight and try to get the "glow" from another angle.
Perhaps that would lead to more answers.
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