Why, Science? page 1
borealis
15th January 2012, 04:35 PM
Why, in the middle of January, on a day when the temperature is -8C, has an adult crane fly I think it is a tipula trivittata female, pics down page here: http://www.pbase.com/tmurray74/crane_flies_family_tipulidae) floated into the room and landed on the wall. Aren't all the adults supposed to be dead now?
Normally I escort insects back outdoors, but that would just kill it. Where the hell has it been living?
Normally I escort insects back outdoors, but that would just kill it. Where the hell has it been living?
Hermit
15th January 2012, 04:55 PM
Climate change. :D
borealis
15th January 2012, 05:13 PM
Did I not mention -8C? :staregonk:
Though we had an unusually long fall with mild temps into December and even some warmish days this month. I suppose a few of the poor things may have misjudged the season.
It occurs to me it may have come in with my firewood.
Though we had an unusually long fall with mild temps into December and even some warmish days this month. I suppose a few of the poor things may have misjudged the season.
It occurs to me it may have come in with my firewood.
Hermit
15th January 2012, 05:40 PM
Did I not mention -8C? :staregonk:
Though we had an unusually long fall with mild temps into December and even some warmish days this month. I suppose a few of the poor things may have misjudged the season.
It occurs to me it may have come in with my firewood.You have mentioned the current temperature, yes, and then explained why I thought of climate change being perhaps responsible for the late appearance of the insect.
Our orange tree blossomed four times this spring and early summer. The weather is just getting weird.
Though we had an unusually long fall with mild temps into December and even some warmish days this month. I suppose a few of the poor things may have misjudged the season.
It occurs to me it may have come in with my firewood.You have mentioned the current temperature, yes, and then explained why I thought of climate change being perhaps responsible for the late appearance of the insect.
Our orange tree blossomed four times this spring and early summer. The weather is just getting weird.
Grumps
15th January 2012, 08:32 PM
Climate change. :D
No such thing. It's just Terra's Menopause.
No such thing. It's just Terra's Menopause.
Hermit
15th January 2012, 11:18 PM
Climate change. :D
No such thing. It's just Terra's Menopause.
Try a more fitting analogy. Menopause is not cyclical.
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x59/Hermit_graphics/Downloaded%20Photos/84741e45.gif
No such thing. It's just Terra's Menopause.
Try a more fitting analogy. Menopause is not cyclical.
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x59/Hermit_graphics/Downloaded%20Photos/84741e45.gif
Grumps
15th January 2012, 11:22 PM
Climate change. :D
No such thing. It's just Terra's Menopause.
Try a more fitting analogy. Menopause is not cyclical.
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x59/Hermit_graphics/Downloaded%20Photos/84741e45.gif
I see you haven't been taught about the great Earthern Ovaries. Discovered in 1840 by one B. Artist.
No such thing. It's just Terra's Menopause.
Try a more fitting analogy. Menopause is not cyclical.
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x59/Hermit_graphics/Downloaded%20Photos/84741e45.gif
I see you haven't been taught about the great Earthern Ovaries. Discovered in 1840 by one B. Artist.
borealis
18th January 2012, 06:53 PM
My oop crane fly is currently providing a no doubt much needed winter meal for the spider that has a web behind my computer desk. :noo:
Supernaut
18th January 2012, 09:10 PM
Spiders rule!
borealis
18th January 2012, 10:29 PM
I like spiders, generally, except those little ones that occasionally leave itchy bites if they get trapped in my clothes, for example. Maybe I'm sensitive to that species venom.
I like watching the gigantic fishing spiders that live around the lake edge. Showed one that lived near his dock to my neighbour once and he freaked, did a little dance and ran away.
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/05/13/dolomedes-fishing-spider-7/
I like watching the gigantic fishing spiders that live around the lake edge. Showed one that lived near his dock to my neighbour once and he freaked, did a little dance and ran away.
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2007/05/13/dolomedes-fishing-spider-7/
Mantisdreamz
18th January 2012, 10:29 PM
Spiders rule!
Agreed
Borealis - i like that you know that there's a spider web behind your desk but you just left it there. I do that as well... they usually like to hang out in the corner of the bathroom ceiling.
Agreed
Borealis - i like that you know that there's a spider web behind your desk but you just left it there. I do that as well... they usually like to hang out in the corner of the bathroom ceiling.
Feck
18th January 2012, 10:51 PM
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/anomalygraphs/2011/2011_MeanTemp_Anomaly_1961-1990.gif
Magicziggy
18th January 2012, 11:13 PM
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/anomalygraphs/2011/2011_MeanTemp_Anomaly_1961-1990.gif
I had to follow that link and look up for the previous year when I was there and it was fucking cold
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/anomalygraphs/2010/2010_MeanTemp_Anomaly_1961-1990.gif
I had to follow that link and look up for the previous year when I was there and it was fucking cold
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/climate/uk/anomalygraphs/2010/2010_MeanTemp_Anomaly_1961-1990.gif
nostrum
19th January 2012, 03:42 AM
Spiders rule!
Agreed
Borealis - i like that you know that there's a spider web behind your desk but you just left it there. I do that as well... they usually like to hang out in the corner of the bathroom ceiling.
LOL you pro-spider people, come live in Australia, see what you say then as the world's deadliest run up your ankles :p
Agreed
Borealis - i like that you know that there's a spider web behind your desk but you just left it there. I do that as well... they usually like to hang out in the corner of the bathroom ceiling.
LOL you pro-spider people, come live in Australia, see what you say then as the world's deadliest run up your ankles :p
Magicziggy
19th January 2012, 05:15 AM
I had-run ins with two spiders today while clearing out the shed. One was possibly a white tip. The other - a large huntsman. I failed in my attempts to snap them with my phone. One is still in the shed... One has a new home at the dump.
borealis
19th January 2012, 05:41 PM
Spiders rule!
Agreed
Borealis - i like that you know that there's a spider web behind your desk but you just left it there. I do that as well... they usually like to hang out in the corner of the bathroom ceiling.
I left one up in a dark corner behind the fridge, too. Felt slightly undomestic about it. Then we had a fruitfly invasion. Counted 28 fruitflies in fridge-spider's web one day. Spider can stay there until spring.
Agreed
Borealis - i like that you know that there's a spider web behind your desk but you just left it there. I do that as well... they usually like to hang out in the corner of the bathroom ceiling.
I left one up in a dark corner behind the fridge, too. Felt slightly undomestic about it. Then we had a fruitfly invasion. Counted 28 fruitflies in fridge-spider's web one day. Spider can stay there until spring.
borealis
19th January 2012, 05:43 PM
Spiders rule!
Agreed
Borealis - i like that you know that there's a spider web behind your desk but you just left it there. I do that as well... they usually like to hang out in the corner of the bathroom ceiling.
LOL you pro-spider people, come live in Australia, see what you say then as the world's deadliest run up your ankles :p
This is why we don't live in Australia.
Canada: fewest poisonous critters in the world.
Canada: we never say 'kill it with fire'. We say 'kill it with ice'. Because that works really well and doesn't melt our igloos.
Agreed
Borealis - i like that you know that there's a spider web behind your desk but you just left it there. I do that as well... they usually like to hang out in the corner of the bathroom ceiling.
LOL you pro-spider people, come live in Australia, see what you say then as the world's deadliest run up your ankles :p
This is why we don't live in Australia.
Canada: fewest poisonous critters in the world.
Canada: we never say 'kill it with fire'. We say 'kill it with ice'. Because that works really well and doesn't melt our igloos.
nostrum
19th January 2012, 05:52 PM
Yeah but you can be eaten by a polar bear
borealis
19th January 2012, 06:10 PM
Only if I hang around garbage dumps.
borealis
19th January 2012, 06:10 PM
Or look a lot like a seal.
borealis
6th February 2012, 02:56 PM
This is getting weird. Another live cranefly, with a different wing pattern, has shown up in my house. It's been really cold the last few days, like -6C and colder.
Brother Daniel
6th February 2012, 05:07 PM
Yeah but you can be eaten by a polar bear
Only a small fraction of Canadians live anywhere near any polar bears.
Only a small fraction of Canadians live anywhere near any polar bears.
PermanentlyEphemeral
6th February 2012, 11:34 PM
Yeah but you can be eaten by a polar bear
Only a small fraction of Canadians live anywhere near any polar bears.
There's a bunch about 25 kilometres from me.
Only a small fraction of Canadians live anywhere near any polar bears.
There's a bunch about 25 kilometres from me.
borealis
6th February 2012, 11:49 PM
Be careful then - you could end up permanently ephemeral. :sadyes:
Brother Daniel
6th February 2012, 11:52 PM
Yeah but you can be eaten by a polar bear
Only a small fraction of Canadians live anywhere near any polar bears.
There's a bunch about 25 kilometres from me.
Where are you (if I may ask)?
Only a small fraction of Canadians live anywhere near any polar bears.
There's a bunch about 25 kilometres from me.
Where are you (if I may ask)?
borealis
6th February 2012, 11:56 PM
How many Canadians are already on this forum anyway? Seems way out of proportion to our population.
Then again, it is Cabin Fever Month.
Then again, it is Cabin Fever Month.
PermanentlyEphemeral
7th February 2012, 01:20 AM
Yeah but you can be eaten by a polar bear
Only a small fraction of Canadians live anywhere near any polar bears.
There's a bunch about 25 kilometres from me.
Where are you (if I may ask)?
Toronto.
Now I suppose you will say that the polar bears in the zoo don't count or something.
And be sure to vote in the where are you poll.
Only a small fraction of Canadians live anywhere near any polar bears.
There's a bunch about 25 kilometres from me.
Where are you (if I may ask)?
Toronto.
Now I suppose you will say that the polar bears in the zoo don't count or something.
And be sure to vote in the where are you poll.
borealis
10th February 2012, 01:50 PM
Update:
I found out where the crane flies are coming from!
I looked them up and found out they are a species that pupates in the soil. That fact simmered on the back burner for a few days and then... :sherlock: ... I remembered the big container of geraniums, out all summer, until November, that now sits in a corner being overwintered, apparently with a few quiet passengers. They've come out sadly early because of the warmth of the house.
I found out where the crane flies are coming from!
I looked them up and found out they are a species that pupates in the soil. That fact simmered on the back burner for a few days and then... :sherlock: ... I remembered the big container of geraniums, out all summer, until November, that now sits in a corner being overwintered, apparently with a few quiet passengers. They've come out sadly early because of the warmth of the house.
Hermit
10th February 2012, 02:56 PM
Excellent sleuthing, Borealis.
borealis
10th February 2012, 05:55 PM
Well, these little victories over natural mysteries, you know...
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