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Net Casting Spider - Deinopis subrufa Female

Net Casting Spider - Deinopis subrufa Female

(Deinopis subrufa - Female) Body length 3 cm, overall length 6 cm. This amazing spider catches it's prey by hanging face down, it makes a net out of woolly silk...
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(Deinopis subrufa - Female) Body length 3 cm, overall length 6 cm. This amazing spider catches it's prey by hanging face down, it makes a net out of woolly silk and holds it with its legs. When prey is detected by it's two large eyes it drops down covering it's target with the net entangling it.

They have enormous, compound lenses that give a wide field of view and gather available light very efficiently. The lenses have an F number of 0.58 which means they can concentrate available light more efficiently than a cat (F 0.9) or an owl (F 1.1). Each night a large area of light sensitive membrane is manufactured within these eyes (and rapidly destroyed again at dawn). - See more at: australianmuseum.net.au-How-spiders-see-the-world#sthash....
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Nov, 2013

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Martin, this is absolutely incredible! :)

another masterpiece

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It's all your fault if i become an alcoholic , i have to drink a few glasses of wine after seeing your photos, just so i can get to sleep ha ha ha ha ha , oh well i have to blame someone ha ha ha ha