Saint Vincent - Canouan* (2012)

Date of issue: 2012
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!



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
Argiope sp.



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Nephilidae
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
Argiope sp.



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Theraphosidae

Souvenirs sheets:

Other stamps of this series:

Saint Vincent - Spiders

Date of issue: 2012
Name of issue: Insects of the Caribbean
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 4/10



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
Argiope sp.

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Saint Vincent - Spiders

Date of issue: 2012
Name of issue: Insects of the Caribbean
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 4/10



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Nephilidae
Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus, 1767)

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Saint Vincent - Spiders

Date of issue: 2012
Name of issue: Insects of the Caribbean
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 4/10



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
Argiope sp.

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Saint Vincent - Spiders

Date of issue: 2012
Name of issue: Insects of the Caribbean
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 4/10



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Theraphosidae

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Saint Vincent - Spiders

Date of issue: 2012
Name of issue: Insects of the Caribbean
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 4/10

Even though the stamp shows the main part of the spider, the rest of the body is on the souvenir sheet, that is what I added this one in the souvenir sheet only section as well.

Michel #: none
order: Araneae
family: Theraphosidae

Souvenir sheet:

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Saint Vincent - Union Island* (2012)

Date of issue: 2012
Name of issue: Spiders
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 4/4

I suspected this could be a cinderella issue, but the quality of the layout and the drawings left me perplex and the lack of quality on the research of the names kept me wondering. It would appear that, by my latest finding, it is a legit issue.

Interesting thing about this series, they used two species that are now synonymised: Epeira minax and Epeira variolata both now Eriophora ravilla.



Michel #:?
order: Araneae
family: Tetragnathidae
Azilia affinis O. P.-Cambridge, 1893



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
*Eriophora ravilla (C. L. Koch, 1844)
Epeira minax (on stamp)



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
*Wagneriana tauricornis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889)
Epeira tauricornis (on stamp)



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
*Eriophora ravilla (C. L. Koch, 1844)
Epeira variolata (on stamp)

Souvenir sheet:

Saint Vincent - Spiders

Date of issue: 2012
Name of issue: Spiders
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 4/4





Michel #:?
order: Araneae
family: Tetragnathidae
Azilia affinis O. P.-Cambridge, 1893



For more information on this series, click HERE

Saint Vincent - Spiders

Date of issue: 2012
Name of issue: Spiders
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 4/4



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
*Eriophora ravilla (C. L. Koch, 1844)
Epeira minax (on stamp)

For more information on this series, click HERE

Saint Vincent - Spiders

Date of issue: 2012
Name of issue: Spiders
Number of arachnid related stamps in issue: 4/4



Michel #: ?
order: Araneae
family: Araneidae
*Eriophora ravilla (C. L. Koch, 1844)
Epeira variolata (on stamp)

For more information on this series, click HERE