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Wiltshire insects (must be, its the BBC!)
Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 4:23 pm
by Simon C
Came across this feature on Wiltshire insects - the last three are rather unexpected.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/wiltshire/h ... 205441.stm
Simon
Re: Wiltshire insects (must be, its the BBC!)
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:54 pm
by Piers
Am I looking at what you're looking at Simon?
11 images, the final three being a slow worm, a common frog, and a cluster of snails...?
Felix.
Re: Wiltshire insects (must be, its the BBC!)
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 3:57 pm
by Dave McCormick
Felix wrote:Am I looking at what you're looking at Simon?
11 images, the final three being a slow worm, a common frog, and a cluster of snails...?
Felix.
Yeah I wondered that myself, I saw the same things...unless the slow worm, the hawk moth and something else are unexpected?
Re: Wiltshire insects (must be, its the BBC!)
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:31 pm
by Rogerdodge
Simon's point is, I believe, that snails, slow worms and frogs are not insects.
Re: Wiltshire insects (must be, its the BBC!)
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:42 pm
by Piers
Duh.
Suddenly it all falls into place. I'm such a freakin' dunce at times.
Pass me that spoon when you've finished with it Zonda.
Re: Wiltshire insects (must be, its the BBC!)
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 5:51 pm
by Zonda
Is that the wooden one that i keep permanently?
Re: Wiltshire insects (must be, its the BBC!)
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 12:03 am
by Dave McCormick
Felix wrote:Duh.
Suddenly it all falls into place. I'm such a freakin' dunce at times.
Pass me that spoon when you've finished with it Zonda.
Pass it onto me afterward. And if snails are not insects, what are they? Crustatians?Anyway I should have realised that a slow worm or at least the frog was not an insect
Re: Wiltshire insects (must be, its the BBC!)
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 6:06 am
by Zonda
Gastropods i think.
Re: Wiltshire insects (must be, its the BBC!)
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2009 5:56 pm
by Wurzel
Allo I'm new here!
Snails are indeed Gastropods, this is their class and along with Cephalopods, Bivalves and 4 other classes make the Phylum Mollusca.
Also the Spider is slightly unusal in that it too isn't an insect (a very common misconception) but is an Arachnid, belonging to the Phylum Chelicerata
Cheers ears
Re: Wiltshire insects (must be, its the BBC!)
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:46 am
by Simon C
Welcome Wurzel,
Also the Spider is slightly unusal in that it too isn't an insect (a very common misconception) but is an Arachnid, belonging to the Phylum Chelicerata
Spot on - I overlooked that!
Simon