Sac spider - Male - Clubiona Robusta

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At first glance I thought this was a female. It was not until I noticed the spike on each of his palps I realized adult male.

 

The spike is called an RTA or Retrolateral tibial apophysis . It is not easily seen in this image.

 

For them that do not know the 2 limbs out front that look like little legs are palps and on males are the reproductive organs.

 

Some spiders are more obvious than others to see as some can look like a big pair of pom poms!!

 

A females bits are beneath her abdomen which means palps will be slender and that makes it a challenge for people like myself that know a great deal more about photography than ID'ing spiders.

 

 

BUT I am enjoying learning about them.

 

This fella is 15mm from front to back (Not including legs)

 

Clubiona Robusta group (which is quite large and varied)

 

Tech details

 

1/50th ==== F13 ==== ISO 200 ===== Flash @ 1/64 + 0.7

 

Focus Differential of 2 and charge time of 0.1

 

Methods B,C,A in helicon saved as tiffs to be used as slabs

The 3 slabs assembled again in Helicon using Method B

 

Location , Wodonga , VIC , Australia 🇦🇺

 

Helicon Focus

Adobe PS

Topaz Labs Denoise AI

 

🔫 Olympus EM1 Mkii

🔎 OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO

🍕 Hand held Focus Brackets of 69 images (front of lens was rested on the bark)

⚡ Godox V1

⛺ CJ Diffuser V2 + CJ Lens Hood

 

©Craig Loechel

 

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Have a nice day

 

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