tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post2186418936469486374..comments2023-12-29T11:44:38.434+09:00Comments on yokohamamama: Friday Field notes-- Beetles and Bugsyokohamamamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-23619401833714293782011-06-06T12:00:50.547+09:002011-06-06T12:00:50.547+09:00Alice-- ok, got it changed!
Yes--Beowulf... or.....Alice-- ok, got it changed! <br />Yes--Beowulf... or...Oh!! Walther von der Vogelweide! That's what I was remembering! The German Minnesänger of the middle ages. This one, Unter der Linden (under the Linden Trees):<br /><br />Under der linden<br />an der heide,<br />dâ unser zweier bette was,<br />dâ mugt ir vinden<br />schône beide<br />gebrochen bluomen unde gras.<br /><br />(Under theyokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-9664962618810296232011-06-06T11:31:03.412+09:002011-06-06T11:31:03.412+09:00"KarehaGA"... that should say"KarehaGA"... that should sayyokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-603533739011309452011-06-06T11:29:39.439+09:002011-06-06T11:29:39.439+09:00Steven-- Why, thank you very much! And--please co...Steven-- Why, thank you very much! And--please comment often:-)) I was joking about the 'kare' meaning 'curry'...but didn't really think about what the name might actually mean. That's the trouble with using Koshi's 昆虫図鑑--nice in one way, because all the Kanji are accompanied by furigana... but all the names are written in Katakana only. Which means I can read themyokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-64391036988234978032011-06-06T06:39:05.165+09:002011-06-06T06:39:05.165+09:00Yes, I've decided to stick with WordPress. I&#...Yes, I've decided to stick with WordPress. I'm not getting anywhere with Blogger and having started over already, it seems like the least amount of work to stay.<br /><br />Yes, absolutely change it, thanks! :) <br /><br />http://sprinklingsofalice.wordpress.com/<br /><br />Ooh, I can see it as a medieval word, it would fit in Beowulf or something similar.<br /><br />Oh, oh! <a href="Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-89080133288522588992011-06-05T22:28:52.914+09:002011-06-05T22:28:52.914+09:00FIrst comment! Always enjoy your photos.
I think ...FIrst comment! Always enjoy your photos. <br />I think the 'kare' in takekareha might be 'dead' or 'withered', with 'kareha' meaning 'dead leaf.' Does the adult look like a withered bamboo leaf?Steven in Tokyonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-34699608937133571082011-06-05T15:46:06.601+09:002011-06-05T15:46:06.601+09:00Alice-- are you sticking with WordPress and giving...Alice-- are you sticking with WordPress and giving up on Blogger? I'll change the url in the sidebar link if so!<br />"Beedower"... where did that word come from? It does sound like bees. Somehow, actually, it sounds very medieval to me... I'm remembering a poem... very vaguely... in German I think... oh dear. Can't remember anything anymore.<br /> <br />Daz-did you makeyokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-83214480920294049242011-06-05T10:04:07.652+09:002011-06-05T10:04:07.652+09:00Or covered in jewels like bedecked...
No, I can h...Or covered in jewels like bedecked...<br /><br />No, I can honestly say that I'd never heard anything of the sort. That's a fairly interesting coincidenceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-42049347489847910822011-06-05T00:54:35.422+09:002011-06-05T00:54:35.422+09:00@Alice
Hmmm, sounds like 'relaxed' to me....@Alice<br /><br />Hmmm, sounds like 'relaxed' to me. "My love, bedowered 'neath the Willow's arms, tumpty tumpty tumpty charms"<br /><br />I just found summat out. Did you know that most of Emily Dickinson's poems can be sung to the tune of 'The Yellow Rose Of Texas'?Dazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907025299657181744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-68735114744992502242011-06-04T22:50:25.638+09:002011-06-04T22:50:25.638+09:00No:( And it's not looking likely to be. I sta...No:( And it's not looking likely to be. I started over at <a href="http://sprinklingsofalice.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">Word Press</a> while I wait google out on the whole situation.<br /><br />Ooh, the Captcha is "beedower". Doesn't that bring to mind a lovely meadow, decoprated with flowers, the lazy sound of bees drifting on the breeze..?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-79640701841251013912011-06-04T22:45:10.741+09:002011-06-04T22:45:10.741+09:00Hi, Cary-- very productive (in a non-monetary sort...Hi, Cary-- very productive (in a non-monetary sort of way...). <br /><br />Daz-- two links worked! And, wow! I inspired the use of a new word? Well, I feel privileged:-) And how can Mr. Stinkbug be so brilliantly colored and get away with it? Must be his smell that forestalls predation, rather than camouflage coloration...<br /><br />Sachi-- thanks for commenting! Yokoso! Please stop by yokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-32733961224142135312011-06-04T08:20:56.144+09:002011-06-04T08:20:56.144+09:00Oh man, that butterfly.. and the Clown Stinkbug! a...Oh man, that butterfly.. and the Clown Stinkbug! are truly amazing. Your finds put my paltry two spiders lately to shame. Amazing and thanks for sharing, they're simply gorgeous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-80720572759105137592011-06-04T05:17:10.563+09:002011-06-04T05:17:10.563+09:00Those are some lovely bugs! And, your explanation ...Those are some lovely bugs! And, your explanation of how to tell bug from beetle is the first one that has made me understand the difference between them: X and non-X in the middle. I'll never forget that!!!<br /><br />Non-skid ferns: The blobs are collections of spores -- placed on the underside to prevent them from flying all over the place when it's raining, and fall easier to the Josephinehttp://lostinsophistication.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-37242824516342800682011-06-04T01:46:47.944+09:002011-06-04T01:46:47.944+09:00I just love these pictures!
When I was much youn...I just love these pictures! <br /><br />When I was much younger one of my friends, knowing my penchant for spending hours just looking at bugs and spiders, said that she was going to start a magazine just for me, called Hemiptera Today. :-)Sachi Wilsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-41371187662157762562011-06-04T01:15:59.563+09:002011-06-04T01:15:59.563+09:00I just want to mention that the word 'iridesce...I just want to mention that the word 'iridescent' popped into my head twice while reading that. And I mention it 'cause I don't think I've ever used it before. I know what it means, and I've seen/heard it used, but it's never before passed my lips or winged its way from my keyboard. And now it has. A small milestone, but a milestone nonetheless!<br /><br />The non-skidDazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907025299657181744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-63052139775341625592011-06-04T01:04:54.483+09:002011-06-04T01:04:54.483+09:00You had a very productive field day. How nice that...You had a very productive field day. How nice that you had so much cooperation from your "subjects." Thank you for the bug/beetle explanation. I think I will remember the differences now. <br /><br />The Clown Stinkbug is gorgeous. No doubt, blending in with environment is not important if it stinks, and we get to appreciate those beautiful colors as a result.Caryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18143627079933762183noreply@blogger.com