I think it’s official now — either solifuges like me, or there’s something substantially wrong with me.*
Yes, there was another one in the hall at work this morning, a good-sized one too, and it was very hale and quite peppy. I was able to contain it using my trusty candy jar, but since it was […]
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At this rate it could become a habit.
Nothing venomous this time. I’ve mentioned solifuges before — even built a Magic deck* around them — and today we got a visit from what appears to have become my totem arthropod,** locally known as a sun spider. Apparently, alas, this was a victim of a recent round […]
Geekin’ Out with the MtG Arizona Theme Deck
Published by May 25th, 2007 in General Foolishness and Wild Wild Life. 5 CommentsI was able to assemble a bit of a cast of characters for the Magic Arizona theme deck I mentioned last week when commenting about (among other things) solifuges. They inspired me.
These creatures are known locally as sun spiders; others might have heard them called camel spiders. They acheived demi-legendary status a while ago amid […]
I’d intended today to post on my Arizona-themed Magic deck (mentioned here), but something happened last night that changed my mind.
Wednesday we hosted a presentation on venomous creatures of northwestern Arizona — the talk was about the A-listers with poison, such as Western diamondback and Mohave rattlesnakes, Gila monsters* and scorpions.
That night (last night), while […]
Life’s Way: Offense and Defense in the Mojave
Published by May 16th, 2007 in Wild Wild Life. 7 CommentsShelley Batts (a ScienceBlogger) posted some comments on different kinds of stings, along with a scale for rating which hurt the most. That led me to muse on some of my own experiences with our local pointy objects.
Arizona’s territory — on the western side — is pretty much entirely comprised of the Mojave Desert. With […]
This one came through Seed. It’s slow-motion video of trap-jaw ants, whose mandibles close at more than 100 MPH. What’s great is the videos of the ants flinging themselves through the air; the “bouncer defense jump” in particular looks like someting a stunt junkie would do.
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