Comments for Slugyard http://slugyard.com the world outside your door Sat, 12 May 2012 13:38:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Bee Fly Won’t Bother Me by Joe Marek http://slugyard.com/2012/05/bee-fly-wont-bother-me/#comment-7099 Joe Marek Sat, 12 May 2012 13:38:10 +0000 http://slugyard.com/?p=2214#comment-7099 While insects generally creep me out - I have to admit they're pretty interesting in both their appearance as well as the little niches in the natural world that they fill. While insects generally creep me out – I have to admit they’re pretty interesting in both their appearance as well as the little niches in the natural world that they fill.

]]> Comment on Globe of Water by jill i http://slugyard.com/2012/05/globe-of-water/#comment-7098 jill i Sat, 12 May 2012 04:16:02 +0000 http://slugyard.com/?p=2208#comment-7098 beautiful shots! beautiful shots!
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]]> Comment on Bee Fly Won’t Bother Me by joan knapp http://slugyard.com/2012/05/bee-fly-wont-bother-me/#comment-7094 joan knapp Wed, 09 May 2012 00:37:09 +0000 http://slugyard.com/?p=2214#comment-7094 Bee flies are neat. I didn't see my first one until about three years ago but seem to see them relatively frequently now. Bee flies are neat. I didn’t see my first one until about three years ago but seem to see them relatively frequently now.
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]]> Comment on More Aphid Predators by A Rose By Any Other Name Is Still an Ecosystem http://slugyard.com/2011/06/more-aphid-predators/#comment-7083 A Rose By Any Other Name Is Still an Ecosystem Tue, 08 May 2012 11:38:04 +0000 http://slugyard.com/?p=1834#comment-7083 [...] Western Blood Red Ladybird Beetle was a very welcome sight.  Yes, it eats aphids.  Just seeing it on the rose bush gave me [...] [...] Western Blood Red Ladybird Beetle was a very welcome sight.  Yes, it eats aphids.  Just seeing it on the rose bush gave me [...]

]]> Comment on Bee Fly Won’t Bother Me by Deb Miller http://slugyard.com/2012/05/bee-fly-wont-bother-me/#comment-7073 Deb Miller Mon, 07 May 2012 12:16:49 +0000 http://slugyard.com/?p=2214#comment-7073 "Insect world is not for the meek." Isn't that the truth! Nor is the bird world. Beautiful, but brutal. Your bee fly looks a little like an animated cartoon character of some kind. “Insect world is not for the meek.” Isn’t that the truth! Nor is the bird world. Beautiful, but brutal. Your bee fly looks a little like an animated cartoon character of some kind.
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]]> Comment on Globe of Water by deb miller http://slugyard.com/2012/05/globe-of-water/#comment-7064 deb miller Sat, 05 May 2012 20:12:17 +0000 http://slugyard.com/?p=2208#comment-7064 spectacularly beautiful---a fragile breathtaking perfect gem---never mind the science behind it---reminds me of Longfellow's quote: "Every dew-drop and rain-drop had a whole heaven within it.” spectacularly beautiful—a fragile breathtaking perfect gem—never mind the science behind it—reminds me of Longfellow’s quote: “Every dew-drop and rain-drop had a whole heaven within it.”
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]]> Comment on Globe of Water by rebecca http://slugyard.com/2012/05/globe-of-water/#comment-7063 rebecca Sat, 05 May 2012 18:42:31 +0000 http://slugyard.com/?p=2208#comment-7063 That second photo is really cool! This week I was doing a field trip program for fourth graders, and if the weather had kept us inside my back-up lesson plan was to do activities on the properties of water, like competing to see who could fit the most water droplets onto the surface of a penny without spilling, or the most paperclips on top of a dish of water without breaking the surface tension. That second photo is really cool!

This week I was doing a field trip program for fourth graders, and if the weather had kept us inside my back-up lesson plan was to do activities on the properties of water, like competing to see who could fit the most water droplets onto the surface of a penny without spilling, or the most paperclips on top of a dish of water without breaking the surface tension.
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]]> Comment on Water Droplets on a Barrenwort Leaf by Globe of Water | Slugyard http://slugyard.com/2010/07/water-droplets-on-a-barrenwort-leaf/#comment-7062 Globe of Water | Slugyard Sat, 05 May 2012 17:32:42 +0000 http://slugyard.com/?p=400#comment-7062 [...] out this previous post of mine for an explanation… basically, water is [...] [...] out this previous post of mine for an explanation… basically, water is [...]

]]> Comment on Wolf Spiders Basking by Matt http://slugyard.com/2012/04/wolf-spiders-basking/#comment-7058 Matt Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:28:10 +0000 http://slugyard.com/?p=2205#comment-7058 Interesting. I bet that's what scurries all over my native strawberry groundcover when I step out my front door. Thanks for the ID! Interesting. I bet that’s what scurries all over my native strawberry groundcover when I step out my front door. Thanks for the ID!
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]]> Comment on Blue Bottle Fly by Deb Miller http://slugyard.com/2012/04/blue-bottle-fly/#comment-7057 Deb Miller Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:36:06 +0000 http://slugyard.com/?p=2202#comment-7057 Technical but interesting. Thanks. Technical but interesting. Thanks.
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