I'm not sure they can suffer from albinism, but they may be white after molting. They tend to be very reclusive after molting as they are pretty defenseless. Jeffery Smith New Orleans, LA http://www.400tx.com -----Original Message----- From: leica-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:leica-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Douglas Sharp Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 9:01 AM To: LeicaReflex; Leica Users Group; LEG Subject: Albino Spider I think it's a European Garden Spider turned white. Taken with a 2/50mm Summicron-R lens, I went back into the house to get my macro lens and of course the beast had disappeared by the time I got back, about 1.5 minutes! All Canon 20D with Leica lenses. http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Spider_1 and a couple of flowers which have managed to survive the heatwave over the last couple of days http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Garden_1 http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Garden_2 33 C in the shade yesterday (I make that 91.4 F ,if my school maths is correct: divide by 5, multiply by 9 and add 32 I think) And a re-scanned Yorkshire Rose from many years ago http://gallery.leica-users.org/New-Old-Pictures/Roses_1 cheers Douglas ========================================================= To Unsubscribe: Send email to leica-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. The acknowledgment that you then receive MUST be replied to per instructions. You may also log in to the Web interface to unsubscribe. ========================================================= To Unsubscribe: Send email to leica-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. The acknowledgment that you then receive MUST be replied to per instructions. You may also log in to the Web interface to unsubscribe.