Comments on: Woolly Bear http://www.insectpod.com/2008/02/18/woolly-bear/ A daily photographic look at the world of insects, spiders, creepies, crawlies and critters. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:31:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: JFargo http://www.insectpod.com/2008/02/18/woolly-bear/#comment-580 JFargo Wed, 20 Feb 2008 01:37:01 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2008/02/18/woolly-bear/#comment-580 It looks like a colored pipe cleaner. :) It's really cute! It looks like a colored pipe cleaner. :) It’s really cute!

]]> By: tceisele http://www.insectpod.com/2008/02/18/woolly-bear/#comment-574 tceisele Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:32:03 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2008/02/18/woolly-bear/#comment-574 Somehow, I missed the point about their food freezing in their guts the first time I read the paper. What a freakish problem to have! The entire contents of the Journal of Archnology are online at http://www.americanarachnology.org/JOA_online.html , and all but the most recent year are viewable for free. There are lots of papers with really intriguing titles, like "Venom spitting by the green lynx spider" in Volume12, No. 3. They are kind of technical, but the actually aren't that hard to read, particularly if you have your web browser on the "Bug Guide" so that you can look up the species names from the articles and see pictures. The papers also often have really good descriptions of how to catch and rear spiders in the "methods" sections. Somehow, I missed the point about their food freezing in their guts the first time I read the paper. What a freakish problem to have!

The entire contents of the Journal of Archnology are online at http://www.americanarachnology.org/JOA_online.html , and all but the most recent year are viewable for free. There are lots of papers with really intriguing titles, like
“Venom spitting by the green lynx spider” in Volume12, No. 3. They are kind of technical, but the actually aren’t that hard to read, particularly if you have your web browser on the “Bug Guide” so that you can look up the species names from the articles and see pictures. The papers also often have really good descriptions of how to catch and rear spiders in the “methods” sections.

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