Comments on: Peckish asilid of the week http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/26/peckish-asilid-of-the-week/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:47:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: island mamma http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/26/peckish-asilid-of-the-week/#comment-96357 island mamma Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:28:07 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/26/peckish-asilid-of-the-week/#comment-96357 what! Twisty is a real person?! OMG this changes everthing.... what! Twisty is a real person?! OMG this changes everthing….

]]> By: Joanna http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/26/peckish-asilid-of-the-week/#comment-83413 Joanna Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:58:18 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/26/peckish-asilid-of-the-week/#comment-83413 I was getting ready to search the Internets for a picture of dragonfly mating, but the commentariat never lets us down! Thanks for the pic, Nyhmpalidae. I'm awed at this picture, Twisty. I tried to get some close-up butterfly shots the other day with my little point and shoot and nada. I rejoice in your return to posting. Now if you could just send some of those rain storms up I-35 to the Twin Cities where the brown grass is reminding me of summer in California, but not in a good way. I was getting ready to search the Internets for a picture of dragonfly mating, but the commentariat never lets us down! Thanks for the pic, Nyhmpalidae.
I’m awed at this picture, Twisty. I tried to get some close-up butterfly shots the other day with my little point and shoot and nada.

I rejoice in your return to posting. Now if you could just send some of those rain storms up I-35 to the Twin Cities where the brown grass is reminding me of summer in California, but not in a good way.

]]> By: Nymphalidae http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/26/peckish-asilid-of-the-week/#comment-83195 Nymphalidae Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:51:17 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/26/peckish-asilid-of-the-week/#comment-83195 <blockquote>A few months ago one of the world’s experts on insect flight came to give a seminar at my institution. </blockquote> Neat. What was his name? I'd like to suggest him for the entomology seminar where I go to school.

A few months ago one of the world’s experts on insect flight came to give a seminar at my institution.

Neat. What was his name? I’d like to suggest him for the entomology seminar where I go to school.

]]> By: Ron Sullivan http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/26/peckish-asilid-of-the-week/#comment-82911 Ron Sullivan Sun, 29 Jul 2007 04:21:07 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/26/peckish-asilid-of-the-week/#comment-82911 <i>You don’t see many by the lake because while they are aquatic in the nymph stage, they are in streams/small lakes.</i> Shamelessly, speaking of which: <a href="http://toad.faultline.org/index.php/site/comments/apropos_of_twistys_post_yesterday/" rel="nofollow">It's startling</a> to see what they leave behind, <i>en masse</i>. If that link's screwed up, blame the lack of Preview, fatigue, crosseyeditude, and the patriarchy, not necessarily in that order. You don’t see many by the lake because while they are aquatic in the nymph stage, they are in streams/small lakes.

Shamelessly, speaking of which:

It’s startling to see what they leave behind, en masse.

If that link’s screwed up, blame the lack of Preview, fatigue, crosseyeditude, and the patriarchy, not necessarily in that order.

]]> By: Theriomorph http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/26/peckish-asilid-of-the-week/#comment-82847 Theriomorph Sat, 28 Jul 2007 16:10:41 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/26/peckish-asilid-of-the-week/#comment-82847 Missed you, Twisty. Write on, when and as and how you feel like it, with or without bugs. Missed you, Twisty.

Write on, when and as and how you feel like it, with or without bugs.

]]> By: Still undead at I Blame The Patriarchy http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/26/peckish-asilid-of-the-week/#comment-82731 Still undead at I Blame The Patriarchy Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:24:48 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/26/peckish-asilid-of-the-week/#comment-82731 [...] Forum « Peckish asilid of the week [...] [...] Forum « Peckish asilid of the week [...]

]]> By: PhysioProf http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/26/peckish-asilid-of-the-week/#comment-82729 PhysioProf Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:07:26 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/26/peckish-asilid-of-the-week/#comment-82729 "I’m pretty sure only Diptera are capable of flying backwards (they have halteres for the excellent flying)." Halteres are very cool little implements. A few months ago one of the world's experts on insect flight came to give a seminar at my institution. He described some very detailed studies he has performed using ultra-high-speed video to look at what the halteres do during flight. To simplify greatly, they function sort of like gyroscopes that provide heading information to the nervous system, and also are used to initiate turns. “I’m pretty sure only Diptera are capable of flying backwards (they have halteres for the excellent flying).”

Halteres are very cool little implements. A few months ago one of the world’s experts on insect flight came to give a seminar at my institution. He described some very detailed studies he has performed using ultra-high-speed video to look at what the halteres do during flight. To simplify greatly, they function sort of like gyroscopes that provide heading information to the nervous system, and also are used to initiate turns.

]]> By: Spinning Liz http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/26/peckish-asilid-of-the-week/#comment-82727 Spinning Liz Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:08:06 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/26/peckish-asilid-of-the-week/#comment-82727 Oh for heavens sake. 99.98% of us bloggers don't let not having a damn thing to say stop <i>us</i> from blogging. But I'm so glad you fianlly posted. I was starting to develop a semi-serious crush on that fungal dick thing, something dangerously akin to Stockholm Syndrome. Oh for heavens sake. 99.98% of us bloggers don’t let not having a damn thing to say stop us from blogging. But I’m so glad you fianlly posted. I was starting to develop a semi-serious crush on that fungal dick thing, something dangerously akin to Stockholm Syndrome.

]]> By: Tupe http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/26/peckish-asilid-of-the-week/#comment-82725 Tupe Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:30:29 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/26/peckish-asilid-of-the-week/#comment-82725 Texas is getting rain, London's completely sunk under the rain and yet the Midwest thunderstorms keep missing my part of the country. That part of the country being, you know, the Midwest. Texas is getting rain, London’s completely sunk under the rain and yet the Midwest thunderstorms keep missing my part of the country. That part of the country being, you know, the Midwest.

]]> By: Zora http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/26/peckish-asilid-of-the-week/#comment-82723 Zora Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:16:36 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/07/26/peckish-asilid-of-the-week/#comment-82723 "And on the spectacular day when the sun once again condescends to emit its toxic radiation upon the Hill Country..." Oh please, Twisty, do not blame the sun. It's doing its job just fine. It's the durned clouds that are mucking things up. Even when it's out of sight, the sun shines night and day! (Please note the proper use of ellipses.) “And on the spectacular day when the sun once again condescends to emit its toxic radiation upon the Hill Country…”

Oh please, Twisty, do not blame the sun. It’s doing its job just fine. It’s the durned clouds that are mucking things up. Even when it’s out of sight, the sun shines night and day!

(Please note the proper use of ellipses.)

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