tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post5236688394893445683..comments2023-12-24T07:02:43.274+08:00Comments on Catalogue of Organisms: Name That Bug: Cornu aspersumChristopher Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-52154303793774003952009-10-30T19:52:46.110+11:002009-10-30T19:52:46.110+11:00Quoth the insect exterminator: "This is so no...Quoth the insect exterminator: "This is so <i>not</i> in my job description".Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-21897772995953305172009-10-30T19:36:20.219+11:002009-10-30T19:36:20.219+11:00Vertebrat, the use of 'bug' in this case w...<i>Vertebrat, the use of 'bug' in this case was a joke on my part. If I put up further ID challenges, I'll continue calling the series 'Name that Bug', be the organism to be IDed insect, shrub or sauropod.</i><br /><br />I don't know whether this is just a paleontological urban legend or not, but supposedly the locals living near the Bug Creek Anthills, which is part of the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek formation, used to joke(?) that the 'bug' the place was named after was <i>Tyrannosaurus rex</i>.Dartiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-81026510727289124682009-10-30T09:45:19.630+11:002009-10-30T09:45:19.630+11:00Mike, I don't know if the teratological rule w...Mike, I don't know if the teratological rule would cover <i>Homo sylvestris</i> (I'm not sure what that name was supposed to refer to, but I think it would cover cases like Linnaeus' '<i>Homo montrosus</i>'.<br /><br />Vertebrat, the use of 'bug' in this case was a joke on my part. If I put up further ID challenges, I'll continue calling the series 'Name that Bug', be the organism to be IDed insect, shrub or sauropod.Christopher Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11075565866351612441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-86402488721336192102009-10-30T06:32:52.467+11:002009-10-30T06:32:52.467+11:00Anyway, I thought the "proper" (i.e., so...Anyway, I thought the "proper" (i.e., someone made it up one day and 5 people followed it) use of "bug" was for Hemiptera.Mike Keeseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147156174467903264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-49179892819623350262009-10-30T06:31:34.262+11:002009-10-30T06:31:34.262+11:00Sure you do: "heteropteran".Sure you do: "heteropteran".Mike Keeseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147156174467903264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-80609894427340429892009-10-30T06:02:11.895+11:002009-10-30T06:02:11.895+11:00The worst thing about "bug" is that with...The worst thing about "bug" is that with its current use - by laypeople and scientists alike - we don't have any proper name for the Heteroptera.Gunnarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09160004621405227245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-10643211375190057372009-10-30T01:22:43.078+11:002009-10-30T01:22:43.078+11:00It is a little strange to hear "bug" use...It is a little strange to hear "bug" used to refer to a snail, but if it already covers arthropods and anything unicellular, why not?Vertebratnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-48843095178409800222009-10-29T17:35:14.831+11:002009-10-29T17:35:14.831+11:00FUCKING HELL I actually got it, but couldn't f...FUCKING HELL I actually got it, but couldn't find the original drawing/source to confirm (and then fell asleep...)! >.<<br /><br />(and was intimidated by its multicellularity =P)<br /><br />Now I can sort of understand how you feel with my mystery micrographs =P<br /><br />Still shocked that I actually sort of got it...Psi Wavefunctionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10829712736757471647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-27313303702221832612009-10-29T17:24:40.829+11:002009-10-29T17:24:40.829+11:00"but I don't know anyone, not even among ..."but I don't know anyone, not even among entomologists, who only ever uses the word "correctly"."<br /><br />I do. I think I must really annoy everyone with my nerdishness on this point. Especially since all other aspects of my language are very lax.Adam Yateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03046084686097124394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5460788270738656369.post-73363014486856778972009-10-29T15:02:20.061+11:002009-10-29T15:02:20.061+11:00Would this include early, weird anthropological na...Would this include early, weird anthropological names like "Homo sylvestris"?Mike Keeseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00147156174467903264noreply@blogger.com