12 February 2007 7:30 pm Natural History of Mill Hill Slide Show and Talk by Andy Horton Venue: Garden Room, Southwick Community Centre Organised by the...
Did you miss me? I missed you. Some of you may remember our chats about Heliconius heurippe and speciation etc and I have a new theory I've come up with and...
Hi Scarlett It all looks fascination, but my brain is simply not big enough to handle it all! SW [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Wow! That was great. I had my kids read it also. One thought the same and one just wanted to go play. But he is always like that. This is my first time to...
Hello. I am from California and am interested in insects from every were. I love learning about any insect I can. I live in El Centro Cali. That next to...
Hi Carol - you sound like my sort of girl alright and your lovely comments made me feel quite fuzzy - so thankyou. I have to tell you though I am not a proper...
Hi Everyone. I added 2 new coleoptera to El Centro photos. I have been studying them at my home for a couple of years watching thier behavior. I need some...
Scarlett-o-rara I Will Get Back To You ... children ... not ... Arizona ... to ... unexplained ... connection ... and ... time ... the ... or ... that ... ...
That was a very interesting email Scarlett. You have been thinking about this subject a lot haven't you? I am currently reading about ants in an interesting...
Mellissa, Yes I have been thinking a lot about it - I like things to make sense to me - but i don't study half as much as I should - so I often come up short....
The idea that the desert ant Cataglyphis fortis has some sort of internal odometer mechanism comes from some recent experiments which claim to prove that...
Hello I don't see that you have considered smell as a simple way of finding their way back to their nest.. Many moths are able to find a mate from considerable...
But all moths have to do is fine any mate of the opposite sex. These ants, one assumes, want to return back to the same nest. If following a chemical trail...
Scarlett, Wow!!!!!!!! You write a lot don't you! Will try to reply with what little I can remember of this. Yes the length of the legs is significant. There...
Yes, ants do use chemical messages. This is highly significant to individuals in ant communities. They also use taste, and spend lots of time licking each...
Thanks for your reply. That was very quick! I have to say that I am not on one to one terms with Cataglyphis fortis, but give me time. Or just introduce it to...
Melissa!! You people!! You are all so fabulous - I've just got in from a wonderful day and here you all are with your wondeful thoughts - and thank heavens I...
Gordon and Richard - I think its been pretty much proven or is "accepted" that Cataglyphis doesn't use pheromones or chemical trails in the same way that other...
Hello I wasn't suggesting that they leave chemical trails, rather the nest site could have it's own signature. I am not a chemist but I suspect that the...
Gordon that is an interesting idea; its one I've considered in relation to ants in general - especially ones who are known for being able to recognise...
Scarlettorara you make the most interesting posts, and they really make sence! Do you ever collect and take them to your house and learn thier behaviour that...
... Bugon - I daren't - our home rollercoasts between chaos and semi-chaos with brief moments of tranquility or stability - ants or insects brought home would...
Scarlett You should really read the primary research before you 'go off on one' like this (again). Your 'hypothesis' doesn't hold water and your interpretation...
LOL!!! Hallo Duncan, precious Darling!! How are you - I've missed you!! OK - perhaps I will send Wehner a wee note, but 30 years of work might be rather a lot...
It is a shame that you do not take up some kind of study, Scarlett, as this seems to come naturally to you. As for the children, why not get them involved?...
Scarlet, do you ever stop thinking? You write sooooooo much, it really is amazing. Now you are having ideas about smelly sperm. However maybe individual scent...
Glad my email made your day!! I have to say that having an ephiphany at a bus stop is quite an achievement. Mostly I just stand and freeze. I think you should...
Ha! Yes, some places have truly unique smells, especially in the mornings. Anyway you have a point. The thing we humans forget is that other animals have a...
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