tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30971820.post2298305951149043502..comments2023-10-31T21:30:25.737+08:00Comments on Fresh Brainz: Bugs In The CityThe Key Questionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05426898630563791849noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30971820.post-90337794284852768262008-10-29T13:27:00.000+08:002008-10-29T13:27:00.000+08:00To Ree:Welcome to Fresh Brainz!"Mud dauber nests a...To Ree:<BR/><BR/>Welcome to Fresh Brainz!<BR/><BR/>"Mud dauber nests are not "deadly to humans." Mud daubers abandon their nests immediately after laying their eggs, and never return. Mud daubers are some of the least aggressive wasps known. You might want to do some research before maligning your fellow organisms."<BR/><BR/>Heh, I actually meant that tongue-in-cheek (as all that talk about metallic green dresses would suggest). <BR/><BR/>But it is true that a mud dauber nest has been implicated in the Birgenair Flight 301 crash, which I pointed out with the hyperlink on the word "deadly".<BR/><BR/>"Oh, and spiders have eight eyes, not six."<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the correction, I checked that Araneidae do in fact have eight eyes.<BR/><BR/>http://bugguide.net/node/view/84423<BR/><BR/>However not all spiders have eight eyes, a minority of them have six eyes.The Key Questionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05426898630563791849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30971820.post-89604012069898179162008-10-29T06:51:00.000+08:002008-10-29T06:51:00.000+08:00Mud dauber nests are not "deadly to humans." Mud d...Mud dauber nests are not "deadly to humans." Mud daubers abandon their nests immediately after laying their eggs, and never return. Mud daubers are some of the least aggressive wasps known. You might want to do some research before maligning your fellow organisms.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and spiders have eight eyes, not six.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30971820.post-9507477401995267332008-08-13T22:55:00.000+08:002008-08-13T22:55:00.000+08:00To Angry Doc:Yup, that was my draft title until I ...To Angry Doc:<BR/><BR/>Yup, that was my draft title until I recalled that spiders have eight legs...<BR/><BR/>To Lab Rat:<BR/><BR/>Bingo. <BR/><BR/>It's a common spider - there goes my Nature paper...<BR/><BR/>*muack*The Key Questionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05426898630563791849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30971820.post-89787567036553859772008-08-13T22:33:00.000+08:002008-08-13T22:33:00.000+08:00I'm guessing it's this guy - Kidney Garden Spider....I'm guessing it's this guy - <A HREF="http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/spiders/text/Araneus_mitificus.htm" REL="nofollow">Kidney Garden Spider</A>.Lab Rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15771744528540935460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30971820.post-39308920132790406932008-08-13T22:07:00.000+08:002008-08-13T22:07:00.000+08:00"inSects and the City". :)(OK, I know spiders are ..."inSects and the City". :)<BR/><BR/>(OK, I know spiders are not insects...)angry dochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03132410467147982699noreply@blogger.com