Tag: slugs

Links

Post author By Harry
Post date 10 July 2008
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Rhagor | Help us find out more about the mysterious alien “Ghost Slug”

New species found in Wales: 'Unlike most slugs, the Ghost Slug is carnivorous, killing earthworms at night with blade-like teeth, sucking them in like spaghetti. It is also unusual in having no eyes (it is probably blind) and is almost completely white.'

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The Urge to End It – Understanding Suicide – NYTimes.com

Very interesting article about the psychology of suicide and what you could do to prevent it.

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Suing George W. Bush: A bizarre and troubling tale | Salon

'a tale directly from Government Secrecy Wonderland, the bizarre and unnerving adventures of suing President Bush for apparently violating federal law. I'll swear under penalty of perjury that what follows is true. Otherwise, you might not believe it.'

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Tags George Bush, law, links, politics, psychology, slugs, suicide, USA, Wales

Nature

International Rock Flipping Day

Post author By Harry
Post date 2 September 2007
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Well, I had a go at International Rock Flipping Day, flipping over various convenient rocks and bits of paving in the garden. I had a bit of a bad photography day—haven’t quite got the feel for my new camera, maybe—so the only picture worth sharing is this big fat leopard slug:

I did also see lots of ants, a centipede, a few snails, a big spider and lots of earthworms, but you’ll have to take my word for it. Oh, and woodlice.

Tags International Rock Flipping Day, invertebrates, slugs

Nature

Moths and meteorites

With National Moth Night and the Perseids, it should have been a good weekend for night-time stuff.

I didn’t have a lot of luck on either front. Really of course you need a moth trap to count moths effectively. I had a go at treacling—spreading a mix of treacle, brown sugar and rum on tree trunks to attract the moths—but nothing came. In the end my total count was three species; Jersey Tiger, seen earlier in the day, a Marbled Beauty attracted to the porch light, and a Double-striped Pug which came into my bedroom. Still, Jersey Tiger was one of the target species for NMN this year, so that’s good.

One thing becomes apparent walking around the garden at night; lots and lots of slugs.

And here’s some hot slug-on-slug action.

I didn’t try very hard with the meteorites, I must admit. And didn’t see any. But little white flashes of light appearing in the sky because the orbit of our planet is rolling through the dust trail of a long-gone comet seems like a good enough reason to post this:

Tags astronomy, insects, invertebrates, moths, National Moth Night, slugs, YouTube