tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post4078274652006712018..comments2023-12-24T07:02:43.274+08:00Comments on Catalogue of Organisms: A dragonfly in amber: how it got thereChristopher Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-36264448354732788992008-02-09T12:21:00.000+08:002008-02-09T12:21:00.000+08:00Thank you for those - I've added your IDs to the p...Thank you for those - I've added your IDs <A HREF="http://catalogue-of-organisms.blogspot.com/2007/08/because-its-friday.html" REL="nofollow">to the post</A>.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-83940792740643490092008-02-09T10:58:00.000+08:002008-02-09T10:58:00.000+08:00Yes my apologies, you are right, and I should have...Yes my apologies, you are right, and I should have read it properly.<BR/><BR/>On the reptile page, the mantid is Archimantis sp. (Graeme Milledge at the Aust. Museum) did a revision of the genus, and the grasshopper is probably Greyacris, but does not look the same as my photos of G. picta (Ken Key did a revision of the fauna}.Insect Identificationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01695984025850136340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-64798100192720318722008-02-09T08:51:00.000+08:002008-02-09T08:51:00.000+08:00I never said it was a dragonfly - in fact, I ident...I never said it was a dragonfly - in fact, I identified it as an alate termite (which is what the website I got the photo from identified it as). The connection of the post with dragonflies is explained at the bottom (I used the title in reference to the novel <I>Dragonfly in Amber</I>).Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-715814656240718042008-02-09T08:47:00.000+08:002008-02-09T08:47:00.000+08:00Interesting comments, but the insect shown in the ...Interesting comments, but the insect shown in the amber is not a dragonfly. It is an adult antlion (family Myrmeleontidae). Adults rest on trees etc.<BR/><BR/>GrahamInsect Identificationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01695984025850136340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-56795853759294230582007-10-26T23:04:00.000+08:002007-10-26T23:04:00.000+08:00This past summer I was picking through some Cretac...This past summer I was picking through some Cretaceous-aged peat from Parlin, NJ, which is very rich in amber. I spotted a wing and almost had a heart attack, but it turns out that it was just contamination (a bee made it's way into the bag and died).Laelapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920782525196396058noreply@blogger.com