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Re: [OM] IMG: Crab Spider

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Crab Spider
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:55:43 -0500
Good luck!  They get furious when captured, and those claws can reach 
through the trap openings.  Handle with care.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Crab Spider


>I bought a large Havahart trap yesterday (nice to see it was made in
> PA).  Tried marshmallows and peanut butter last night, nothing happened
> but I don't know if he even came by.  Will try dry cat food tonight.
>
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> On 8/17/2010 11:08 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> John,
>>
>> I can feel for you.  I had three of the critters at different times last
>> year.  A live trap baited with dry cat food will do the trick, but then 
>> you
>> have to find a place 15-20 miles away to release him.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Hermanson"<omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 7:15 AM
>> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Crab Spider
>>
>>
>>> That is great news that it was still alive.  Now if only I had a vacuum
>>> cleaner to pickup the raccoon that is messing with my pond every night.
>>>
>>> ___________________________________
>>> John Hermanson  |   CPS, Inc.
>>> 21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
>>> 631-424-2121  |  www.zuiko.com
>>> Olympus OM Service since 1977
>>> Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
>>>
>>> On 8/16/2010 10:54 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>>> Good morning, Dean.  I just opened the small hand-held vacuum cleaner,
>>>> and
>>>> there he was, curled up after a quiet night in seclusion.  I deposited
>>>> him
>>>> in the top of a large boxwood outside.  Thanks to you, Chris, and Chris
>>>> for
>>>> the suggestions.
>>>>
>>>> He appeared yellow after a night in the dark.
>>>>
>>>> Jim Nichols
>>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Dean Hansen"<hanse112@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To:<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 8:18 AM
>>>> Subject: [OM] IMG: Crab Spider
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Chris Crawford recently posted: "You shouldn't have killed it, Crab
>>>>> Spiders are cool. They change colors to match the flowers they sit on,
>>>>> so they can ambush bugs that frequent flowers, like bees."
>>>>>     I agree with Chris on this.  Crab spiders are a close second to
>>>>> jumping spiders as photogenic subjects, and one inside the house can 
>>>>> be
>>>>> easily captured by placing an empty drinking glass over it, sliding a
>>>>> piece of paper or an envelope beneath the spider, and then releasing 
>>>>> the
>>>>> spider alive outside.  This happens often enough in our household. 
>>>>> Less
>>>>> work, actually, than getting out the vacuum cleaner, and much more
>>>>> respectful of the spider.
>>>>> Dean
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