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Another Steatoda I believe. I just n3ed to comment ok m how teeny tiny.this one was though. I mean so so small I was amazed at how well he photographed. The wall he was again at help alot but these are such good images of him.
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- Submitted: Aug 10, 2020
- Photographed: Aug 10, 2020
- Spider: Unidentified
- Location: Sandston, Virginia, United States
- Spotted Indoors: Other
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes:
Your right again, this is another Steatoda. A Steatoda triangulosa, going by the “Xmas-tree” on its back 🙂
ha! i actually thought to myself that it looked like a xmas tree! thanks!!
You’re very welcome, but .. ok, I’ll be honest: “the x mas tree” is an ancient trick that helps you telling S.triangulosa from other species belonging to that genus, such as S.grossa. An expert taught me that. You have figured it out by yourself, brava! ops..what is the English for that?? Very well done, I guess 🙂
Ah! Brava – the feminine case? In English, we have bravo as a loanword, borrowed through the arts (mostly opera), occasionally shouted at performers along with applause. If someone wants to sound especially cultured, they’ll modify it to bravissimo. Not being linguistically experienced, I don’t understand all the different cases of these words. Bravo is also used for the letter B in the *NATO phonetic alphabet, used for spelling over poor-quality audio communications, particularly radio communications for sea and air operations where interference is an issue. We once attended a preschool graduation where there were three or four middle-school boys… Read more »
Wow! Not bad for someone who claims to be linguistically unexperienced! Bravissim-a/o, Helper-Harvestman! I’m sorry, but I can’t tell whether I should say bravissima or bravissimo 🙁 We’ve been chatting for a week or more and yet I still don’t know your gender:) This is really odd, I mean, if we had spoken Italian, I would have found it out in a matter of seconds 🙂 As for my gender, I think it’s an easy guess for you. Italian works more or less like Latin, when it comes to gender endings. And you are more familiar with Latin than you… Read more »
Come to think of it,I called you “amic-o mi-o”, which implies that I instantly assumed you’re a man, but that’s an irrational assumption.
Well, it’s not entirely irrational, since “man” is in my name (HarvestMAN). I’m not offended. I naturally assume that any unknown entity is male, except with spiders, which I assume are female unless I see evidence to the contrary. I make it my policy not to reveal my gender online. It’s something my parents advised me when I first started using the Internet, and it has served me well. Personally, I don’t mind your using whichever you prefer. I think the Italian language sounds beautiful and poetic either way. If your username is based on your given name, then the… Read more »
Have you ever considered becoming a professional writer? I’m as serious as I can be, believe me. Your ..well, post is definitely too weak a word..okay, I admit I’m lost for words. Like reading a symphony.
All I know is that I just became like six times smarter than I was just from reading this exchange! Having taken three years of French in high school and not being able to speak it at all beyond counting to ten and one year of Spanish that left me with an uncanny ability to understand the spoken much better than I will ever be able to speak, read or write it, my linguistics fall very short in comparison! That said, with a good number of family members being from Southwestern VA and Tennessee I have often been called upon… Read more »
As for me, I got enough food for thought to last me through a couple of decades!
I am quite sure I don’t merit all y’all’s extravagant praise. But your appreciation is gratifying. Hearing and telling stories has always been my favorite part of the study of history. Stories are personal; stories are alive. My family history is full of hilarious and dramatic stories, unlikely connections to famous historical figures, and lots of plain ordinary hard-working people. I am much indebted to my grandparents and great-uncles/-aunts for their first-hand accounts and my aunts, the family genealogists, for their research. I often wonder what fascinating, humorous, or inspiring gems others might turn up through research of their family… Read more »
Ah, forget policy. I’ve been around here long enough to know I can trust you two to be nice, and the mods. It is -a.