Comments on: tiny curiosities http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/24/tiny-curiosities/ a place where nature, photography and writing meet Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:29:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: bev http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/24/tiny-curiosities/#comment-173653 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 12:42:56 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/24/tiny-curiosities/#comment-173653 Cathy - I have vague memories of seeing these bark lice up at our cottage when I was a kid. Funny thing is, last night, I happened to look out the window and notice a conspicuous "patch" on the trunk of a large spruce tree that is about 3 feet from the house. I called Don to take a look, then reached out the window and touched the patch and sure enough, it was a large herd of bark lice massed on the tree. It may be that there's a particular time when they are around and that this is it. I don't know enough about them to know if that's true, but I suspect so. Yes, for the little fly on that spider's back. I still look at that one and think, "Wow! Look at that little dude!" (-: Cathy - I have vague memories of seeing these bark lice up at our cottage when I was a kid. Funny thing is, last night, I happened to look out the window and notice a conspicuous “patch” on the trunk of a large spruce tree that is about 3 feet from the house. I called Don to take a look, then reached out the window and touched the patch and sure enough, it was a large herd of bark lice massed on the tree. It may be that there’s a particular time when they are around and that this is it. I don’t know enough about them to know if that’s true, but I suspect so. Yes, for the little fly on that spider’s back. I still look at that one and think, “Wow! Look at that little dude!” (-:

]]> by: Cathy http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/24/tiny-curiosities/#comment-173581 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:13:47 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/24/tiny-curiosities/#comment-173581 I can imagine your delight with those 'bark cattle'. I'm putting these on my 'must find' list along with the assassin bugs. But if this is the first time you've encountered them I'll bet my chances are petty slim. This is really good stuff, Bev - and that stinkbug/fly on the spider's back. Cool! I can imagine your delight with those ‘bark cattle’. I’m putting these on my ‘must find’ list along with the assassin bugs. But if this is the first time you’ve encountered them I’ll bet my chances are petty slim. This is really good stuff, Bev - and that stinkbug/fly on the spider’s back. Cool!

]]> by: bev http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/24/tiny-curiosities/#comment-173536 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 22:19:35 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/24/tiny-curiosities/#comment-173536 Stuart - Thanks! I take so many photos each day that it's usually a bit of a decision to try to figure out which ones to write about. I do wonder about markings on very tiny creatures. You have to wonder how important those markings are, but perhaps to an insect that is seeing things at insect eye level, there's a good reason for them. Stuart - Thanks! I take so many photos each day that it’s usually a bit of a decision to try to figure out which ones to write about.
I do wonder about markings on very tiny creatures. You have to wonder how important those markings are, but perhaps to an insect that is seeing things at insect eye level, there’s a good reason for them.

]]> by: Stuart http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/24/tiny-curiosities/#comment-173492 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:54:23 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/24/tiny-curiosities/#comment-173492 Wonderful photos Bev, would love to see all the photos you don't deem worthy to display on this site. I wonder what the evolutionary significance of the striping would be (if any) on something that small. They really seem to stick out like sore thumbs against the brown wood. Wonderful photos Bev, would love to see all the photos you don’t deem worthy to display on this site.

I wonder what the evolutionary significance of the striping would be (if any) on something that small. They really seem to stick out like sore thumbs against the brown wood.

]]> by: bev http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/24/tiny-curiosities/#comment-173297 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:36:48 +0000 http://magickcanoe.com/blog/2007/07/24/tiny-curiosities/#comment-173297 neil - Great photos of the Green Lynx spider with the bee and fly. - OW - Good luck finding bark lice. They're quite small, but once you've seen them, they should be easier to find. However, take along your reading glasses as you'll need them! (-: - Doug - They're very small, so I doubt most people notice them unless they were massing in huge numbers as in the photos on that web page I linked to. - CG - Yes, it sounds like we're doing the same thing -- only "dozens and dozens" would be an understatement -- it's more like many thousands here at my farm! (-: - Clare - Friends often tell me that going for a walk with me is fun -- but we never seem to get that far. It's not that I'm a slow walker, but just that there is so much to see that we don't usually make much progress. If you're ever down around Ottawa from spring through autumn sometime, do give me a call as we're very close to the airport and there are plenty of trails to wander along. neil - Great photos of the Green Lynx spider with the bee and fly.
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OW - Good luck finding bark lice. They’re quite small, but once you’ve seen them, they should be easier to find. However, take along your reading glasses as you’ll need them! (-:
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Doug - They’re very small, so I doubt most people notice them unless they were massing in huge numbers as in the photos on that web page I linked to.
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CG - Yes, it sounds like we’re doing the same thing — only “dozens and dozens” would be an understatement — it’s more like many thousands here at my farm! (-:
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Clare - Friends often tell me that going for a walk with me is fun — but we never seem to get that far. It’s not that I’m a slow walker, but just that there is so much to see that we don’t usually make much progress. If you’re ever down around Ottawa from spring through autumn sometime, do give me a call as we’re very close to the airport and there are plenty of trails to wander along.

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