tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post9097601453136034138..comments2023-08-22T21:11:59.355+12:00Comments on pohanginapete: The functionally invisible worldpohanginapetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-83323395566857703882014-05-28T21:02:22.487+12:002014-05-28T21:02:22.487+12:00Miguel, I think I missed being labelled like that,...Miguel, I think I missed being labelled like that, but in other respects I had a similar boyhood — fascinated with animals from as early as I can remember. I can't imagine that fascination ever diminishing, either. You're right about the wildness at that scale, though — some of what goes on is horrific. It's a good reminder to avoid getting too sentimental about the natural world — itpohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-76604834103726511152014-05-28T17:49:05.780+12:002014-05-28T17:49:05.780+12:00How well I know what it's like to be fascinate...How well I know what it's like to be fascinated with the tiny universe that surrounds us. By far insects have been my greatest fascination since I was a boy, and I had to go through the period in junior high school when I was called "Nature Boy", and "When you grow up you're going to marry a cockroach!", accurately sizing me up, but very inaccurately missing the beautybutukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12473964455146342069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-50101333165584251352014-04-18T23:16:17.964+12:002014-04-18T23:16:17.964+12:00Thanks Bev. Yes, I think you're right about th...Thanks Bev. Yes, I think you're right about the increasing availability of macro-capable cameras. I think, too, that today's superb documentaries (particularly those by the BBC/Attenborough) must have helped foster interest. After all, if you don't know something exists, you're not likely to look for it.pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-68372080116879101432014-04-18T22:52:45.444+12:002014-04-18T22:52:45.444+12:00Wonderful photo and background on the booklouse. ...Wonderful photo and background on the booklouse. Yes, how very true that so few people pay much (or any) attention to small creatures. I do think that the availability of reasonably priced macro- capable digital cameras has somewhat increased the number of people who seek invertebrates, but it is stll a small minority.bevhttp://magickcanoe.com/blog14noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-22267065340969789492014-03-24T19:18:43.476+13:002014-03-24T19:18:43.476+13:00Kia ora Robb. I'm honoured, and it's hugel...Kia ora Robb. I'm honoured, and it's hugely pleasing to think I've been able to introduce the delights of these kinds of things to people like you and John. As for the way the acrocerid seems to have struck a particular chord, though, ... I have to hand the credit for that to Tara ;^) pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-47492704937442635322014-03-24T10:37:50.553+13:002014-03-24T10:37:50.553+13:00Kia ora Pete,
I know that I can write for mayself...Kia ora Pete,<br /> I know that I can write for mayself, and John as well, that since being in your company we are both far more aware of the real depth of beuaty within the places we love. I still keep a sharp look out for my friend the acrocerid. :)<br />RobbRuahineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398484733805119294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-31848997380786884832014-03-23T22:40:26.800+13:002014-03-23T22:40:26.800+13:00gz, yes, that pattern's striking. One of the c...gz, yes, that pattern's striking. One of the characteristics of barklice is the way the head is so distinctly separated from the rest of the body, making it particularly mobile.<br /><br />Zhoen, I didn't know about Your Wild Life. Sounds like a great idea.<br /><br />RR, I think the original version can be attributed to Swift, although the most-quoted version is more recent. <br /> The pohanginapetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11463792721091291063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-63965402106471762212014-03-23T21:00:03.782+13:002014-03-23T21:00:03.782+13:00Was it Hilaire Belloc who wrote, 'Greater flea...<br />Was it Hilaire Belloc who wrote, 'Greater fleas have smaller fleas upon their backs to bite'em.<br />Smaller fleas have lesser fleas...and so ad infinitum'?<br /><br />I'm glad this little female had the sense to ignore the attention-seeking male (and yes, sadly, there may be human versions of this display process on a Saturday night in city centres).<br /><br />A lovely Relatively Retiringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648407316162715318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-18350231665353984442014-03-23T10:06:58.354+13:002014-03-23T10:06:58.354+13:00More new species in our backyards.
I've bee...More new species in our backyards. <br /><br />I've been participating in Your Wild Life studies, about all the little living things around us.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14677243.post-86731395935925540832014-03-23T09:09:52.576+13:002014-03-23T09:09:52.576+13:00She has a fascinating faceShe has a fascinating facegzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034777779347889773noreply@blogger.com