have replied your PM! i'm sorry i can't be of more assistance...
haha. it's ok
hmm.. perhaps we can go for an outing n u can teach me smth bout shooting macro. i'm really noob..
man typing a reply on a psp is nth short of exhausting.. :cry:
my pet spiders - adansoni jumpers
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haha. it's ok
hmm.. perhaps we can go for an outing n u can teach me smth bout shooting macro. i'm really noob..
man typing a reply on a psp is nth short of exhausting.. :cry:
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eurekas: thank you! 
it was mostly luck and patience. the camera did the rest!
psychobiologist: i wouldn't have been able to tell you have arachnophobia from your nickname! i'd thought it was the opposite. heh. the best way to cure arachnophobia is to interact with jumping spiders. they're so cute with their huge eyes, and they peer at you so curiously. if you're not afraid of them and make any frantic movements, they won't be afraid of you.
solbadguy: i'm the last person you should learn from! i'm only shooting with a gx100 and i don't shoot outdoors. i think you should seek guidance from people like tchuanye. he's the master around here!
it was mostly luck and patience. the camera did the rest!psychobiologist: i wouldn't have been able to tell you have arachnophobia from your nickname! i'd thought it was the opposite. heh. the best way to cure arachnophobia is to interact with jumping spiders. they're so cute with their huge eyes, and they peer at you so curiously. if you're not afraid of them and make any frantic movements, they won't be afraid of you.
solbadguy: i'm the last person you should learn from! i'm only shooting with a gx100 and i don't shoot outdoors. i think you should seek guidance from people like tchuanye. he's the master around here!
solbadguy: i'm the last person you should learn from! i'm only shooting with a gx100 and i don't shoot outdoors. i think you should seek guidance from people like tchuanye. he's the master around here!
ahh.. but i find shooting indoors with ambient light n a relatively slow cam quite a tough achievement most of the time... :cry:
valkyrie76
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oh... my camera's not slow. it's just a PnS with some manual controls, that's all.
psychobiologist
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psychobiologist: i wouldn't have been able to tell you have arachnophobia from your nickname! i'd thought it was the opposite. heh. the best way to cure arachnophobia is to interact with jumping spiders. they're so cute with their huge eyes, and they peer at you so curiously. if you're not afraid of them and make any frantic movements, they won't be afraid of you.
noooo.. no spiders
:embrass:anyways.. have you tried preparing drosophila cultures yet? you could probably get hold of some drosophila culture medium i.e. agar with stuff like yeast extract etc.. constant supply of food for your spidies..
i dont work with flies.. but have seen people working with flies.. they would gas the flies with carbondioxide to knock them out before throwing them under the microscope. :bsmilie:
wah!! are those spideys dangerous? always see them (luckily) and managed to avoid them most of the time..
valkyrie76
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psychobiologist: i just use good old banana mush. the flies are not a problem at all now, i have more than enough to feed everyone. the tricky part is to vary their diet once in awhile, as it's not healthy to feed them one single staple. so i'm constantly looking out for little meals like flying (queen) ants, swarmers, small moths, or aphids... anything below 5mm for the bubs. the ones at about 8mm go to the adults - munster, sonic or my other spiders (theridiidae, widow-type).
i'm not a lab and carbon dioxide is out of the question. it's easy to knock them out though - just put one in a small container and shake it. the effect lasts about a minute. when i feed my jumpers, the flies do not need to be knocked out at all. only when i feed my theridiidae.
sprintist: no, orb weavers are not dangerous. the only spiders to be cautious of are black widows (US), redbacks (australia), brown recluses (US), black funnelwebs (australia). these spiders are not local and you probably will never see them here unless they've hitched a ride from someone's cargo. i don't know much about the brown recluses and funnelwebs except for how they look, but the black widows and redbacks are theridiidae and are very shy in nature. they will run away and hide rather than try to attack you, unless you accidentally pin them down. they are also quite blind.
the flies are not a problem at all now, i have more than enough to feed everyone. the tricky part is to vary their diet once in awhile, as it's not healthy to feed them one single staple. so i'm constantly looking out for little meals like flying (queen) ants, swarmers, small moths, or aphids... anything below 5mm for the bubs. the ones at about 8mm go to the adults - munster, sonic or my other spiders (theridiidae, widow-type).i'm not a lab and carbon dioxide is out of the question. it's easy to knock them out though - just put one in a small container and shake it. the effect lasts about a minute. when i feed my jumpers, the flies do not need to be knocked out at all. only when i feed my theridiidae.
sprintist: no, orb weavers are not dangerous. the only spiders to be cautious of are black widows (US), redbacks (australia), brown recluses (US), black funnelwebs (australia). these spiders are not local and you probably will never see them here unless they've hitched a ride from someone's cargo. i don't know much about the brown recluses and funnelwebs except for how they look, but the black widows and redbacks are theridiidae and are very shy in nature. they will run away and hide rather than try to attack you, unless you accidentally pin them down. they are also quite blind.
raptor1988
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wah... you know alot abt spiders.. *bows* :bigeyes:
valkyrie76
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raptor1988: thank you! but i really know very little... i'm just inquisitive, that's all.
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