Name of issue: Insects of the Caribbean
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 4/10
I was pretty sure this series was cinderella, but it would appear that, by my latest finding, it is a legit issue.
There are some funny things in this issue. The first and third spider stamps are called "Wasp spider", a name sometimes given to spiders of the Argiope genus for their black and yellow abdomen. I guess they made a little search on the web for "wasp spider" and, of course, they came up with the family Pompilidae, a family of parasitic wasps (a.k.a. Tarantula hawks, Pepsis spp. and others) that are predators of spiders! Sit back and enjoy!
The Theraphosidae stamps almost looks like the underside of a mature male Grammostola porteri!
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Other stamps of this series:
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| Michel #: ? order: Araneae family: Araneidae Argiope sp. |
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| Michel #: ? order: Araneae family: Nephilidae Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767) |
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| Michel #: ? order: Araneae family: Araneidae Argiope sp. |
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| Michel #: ? order: Araneae family: Theraphosidae |
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