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Old 26-11-2009, 04:54 PM
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Here's the interesting thing Mitchell (and Troy and anyone else that's interested) - flower spiders, aka Thomsiidae species, aka crab spiders, do actually glow in the UV range I believe. I'd be very very surprised if you caught this on film though Mitchell.

Dave
I was thinking that exact thing 5 minutes ago.
No, you are right I did not catch, nor could you catch the UV glow on standard equipment, I think?

Do you mean they emit a UV glow, or they would be fluorescent under a UV light?

I have a blacklight, so I might try some shots. I am positive under UV, they would glow brite white not green.

I think what I am doing is just a result, of light cast and refraction from the skin.

Though my lighting setup is a tad unusual, 20w tungsten / camera onboard flash and settings set to tungsten light, I don't think would allow it's UV glow to be captured.



Thanks David, you have given my more to think about.

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