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Friday, 20 October 2006
quote [ Tarantula hawk stings are considered to be the most painful of any North American insect. Christopher Starr wrote an article entitled, "A Pain Scale for Bee, Wasp and Ant Stings." On a scale of one to four, Pepsis formosa was one of only two insects to rate a four. ]
Various interesting animals. Be sure to look at the videos.
Tarantula Hawk (genus Pepsis), one of the largest wasps, lay thier eggs on tarantulas.
[sci&tech] [by BamBam@5:17pmGMT] [+10 Good] http://www.desertusa.com/mag01/sep/papr/thawk.html (Main link) http://www.bugman123.com/Bugs/Bugs.html (Thumb) Horrible Band of the same name: http://www.tarantulahawk.org/ Water Bears (Tardigrada) are way cool in pretty much all respects. http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/indexmag.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artmay99/dwbear.html They have their own site! Be sure to check out the video: http://www.tardigrades.com/ "Most Extreme" video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=1er3U8rzYRk By-the-wind Sailors (Velella vellela) are hydrozoans capable of rudimentary sailing techniques. http://www.earthwindow.com/velella.html (no videos :( ) Funk band of the same name: http://www.myspace.com/velellavelella Comb jellies (Ctenophora) have cilia on the sides of their bodies which make beautiful visual displays. (Videos) http://www.oceanfootage.com/stockfootage/Comb_Jelly_Invertebrate///?DVfSESSCKIE=63b27561348de1ea93cbd2fdd6d8ee88c78d7b4c Assorted Invertibrate videos http://www.ncsu.edu/biomovies/shortclips/Inverts.html Cool site, previously posted: http://www.oceanfootage.com/ Also, this week on adultswimfix there's a shitload of Venture Brothers, Samarai Champloo, and other great stuff. http://www.adultswim.com/adultswimfix/index.jsp |
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Mf
said @ 5:24pm GMT on 20th Oct
+1 awesome insects, but does anyone else have problems with the fix? |
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BamBam
said @ 5:27pm GMT on 20th Oct
Works for me, I don't know about anyone else. |
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Crack_Hitler
said @ 5:29pm GMT on 20th Oct
[Score:1 Funny]
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flortman
said @ 7:09pm GMT on 20th Oct
i say.. boy i say you one funney chicken hawk |
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JOECAM
said @ 5:33pm GMT on 20th Oct
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JOECAM
said @ 5:34pm GMT on 20th Oct
above: A Black Wodow. |
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Trigger
said @ 6:28pm GMT on 20th Oct
[Score:1 Funny]
below: Me running the fuck away. |
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JOECAM
said @ 5:39pm GMT on 20th Oct
Woman Finds Black Widow Spider in Grapes http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2006/10/19/502678.html |
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riotstylefire
said @ 5:44pm GMT on 20th Oct
+1 bug of the month. |
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Asscheeks Akimbo
said @ 5:46pm GMT on 20th Oct
You always hear about the whole "laying eggs inside/on another creature so when they hatch they can feed on the creamy nugat center of said creature" and yet it never ceases to be awesome. |
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maryyugo
said @ 6:17pm GMT on 20th Oct
ah yes. always remember: god is love. |
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riotstylefire
said @ 5:54pm GMT on 20th Oct
[Score:1 Underrated]
 yes |
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riotstylefire
said @ 5:58pm GMT on 20th Oct
bug mugs |
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BamBam
said @ 6:02pm GMT on 20th Oct
Cool man, I've got desktop backgrounds for the next couple months now! |
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ckfahrenheit
said @ 6:10pm GMT on 20th Oct
saw a Pepsis a couple of times - seriously thought it was a small bird flying around. WTF. I'd only seen pics of it; it seems four inches long when I actually see the thing. I think they're cool, but I can't like them because I like tarantulas much much more. Wish they would hunt gophers instead |
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maryyugo
said @ 6:18pm GMT on 20th Oct
what's that person in the thumb doing with that thing on his hand? |
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Naruki
said @ 6:52pm GMT on 20th Oct
[Score:1 Insightful]
If it were me? Shitting the fuck out of my pants. |
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MrZeroPing
said @ 8:08pm GMT on 20th Oct
[Score:1 Informative]
I'm pretty sure it's a dead specimen. My guess is he put it on his hand for a size reference. |
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JOECAM
said @ 6:27pm GMT on 20th Oct
[Score:1 Funny]
May the Force be with all of you MoFo's  |
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Dioxin
said @ 7:55pm GMT on 20th Oct
See you one, and raise you three. |
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JOECAM
said @ 7:10pm GMT on 21st Oct
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loomspace
said @ 6:56pm GMT on 20th Oct
Tarantula hawks are prevalent where I live, the most amazing thing is after rains the tarantulas can sometimes literally cover the ground ('cause their burrows are flooded) and the tarantula hawks go to war with them. Truly epic battles, quite the sight to see. You would be hard pressed to actually be stung by one, they're not aggressive at all. I've never heard of anyone actually being stung (other than these scientists). |
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BamBam
said @ 6:59pm GMT on 20th Oct
I'm from the southwest, and I had never heard of people getting stung by them either, but apparently it sucks pretty bad. You should get some videos of the battles. That would be very cool to see. |
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anonymousbob
said @ 2:42am GMT on 22nd Oct
picsplzkthxbai |
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dominion236
said @ 3:16am GMT on 21st Oct
I wonder how a tarantula hawk would do against a Vespa Mandarinia. |
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anonymousbob
said @ 2:47am GMT on 22nd Oct
[Score:1 Interesting]
Cool. I used to keep tarantulas, scorpions, and various feeder roaches. I guess one of the prettiest tarantulas I had was one of these:  I also had a tarantula that could stridulate. |
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maryyugo
said @ 7:31am GMT on 22nd Oct
""stridulate": clitter. make a shrill creaking noise by rubbing together special bodily structures; "male insects such as crickets or grasshoppers ..." in case anyone else is dickshunarily challenged like me. |
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cardinal
said @ 5:58am GMT on 22nd Oct
The wasps are "nectivorous," and they have been known to become "flight-challenged" after consuming fermented fruit. If I became "flight-challenged" after eating fruit, I'd eat a lot more fruit. |
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