tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post540445197735146794..comments2023-12-29T11:44:38.434+09:00Comments on yokohamamama: What Little Girls Are Made Ofyokohamamamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-84273692631698522522011-06-20T21:31:21.252+09:002011-06-20T21:31:21.252+09:00Dominic-- thanks! Enjoy the Flikr pics anytime:-)...Dominic-- thanks! Enjoy the Flikr pics anytime:-)) Are butterflies really declining?? Pollution? Loss of habitat? Habitat fragmentation? All of the above?yokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-11362217252111968812011-06-20T21:29:29.764+09:002011-06-20T21:29:29.764+09:00Jerry-- most people would think I'm not a very...Jerry-- most people would think I'm not a very good mom, I think. I can, however, make good apple pie:-))yokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-90623293654130895422011-06-20T21:28:29.178+09:002011-06-20T21:28:29.178+09:00Monika-- aha!! Thank you! I knew somebody would k...Monika-- aha!! Thank you! I knew somebody would know and tell me before I could get around to looking it up:-)) Koshi's "taking care of bugs and animals" book says that when "snails get married, either one can lay eggs". It just slays me that they put it like that:-))yokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-17838720034381605812011-06-20T21:26:16.609+09:002011-06-20T21:26:16.609+09:00Cary-- yes! "Den den, mushi mushi, katatsumu...Cary-- yes! "Den den, mushi mushi, katatsumuri" is indeed a cute kids' song:-)) Cici loves that song-- I'll find a good recording of it and also the gu-choki-pa finger game and put those up!<br /><br />I always said "lightening bug" for some reason-- there are hardly any here because there's so little clean water in ponds for them to breed in. :-(( Sad--the yokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-85716028590074936122011-06-20T21:23:28.217+09:002011-06-20T21:23:28.217+09:00Sarah-- snail was really huge! And so cute--stick...Sarah-- snail was really huge! And so cute--sticking his ... eyes?... antennae?... out, looking this way and that, and up and down.yokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-49980129857672185132011-06-20T21:22:17.492+09:002011-06-20T21:22:17.492+09:00Alice-- circuses of roly polys...makes me smile ju...Alice-- circuses of roly polys...makes me smile just to think about that:-)) Biggest slugs I've ever seen are out in Portland--they get so much rain they have *huge* slugs. Well on its way to becoming something of a city mascot...yokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-24101199256754979322011-06-20T21:16:41.990+09:002011-06-20T21:16:41.990+09:00Daz-- hi:-) Yup-- pillbug=woodlouse (Roy got there...Daz-- hi:-) Yup-- pillbug=woodlouse (Roy got there first-- thanks Roy!:-)). Guilty as charged, Daz--guilty as charged. It was me that caught the frog...*hangs head, blushes*<br /><br />Roy-- really? Did not know that about pills! Makes sense, though, since I think of a sweater 'pilling' into small balls. Ah--the fun things you guys know:-)yokohamamamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17098212549844656652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-13346043890834192752011-06-18T09:45:20.499+09:002011-06-18T09:45:20.499+09:00Thanks Roy.
Dom, we still get cabbage whites roun...Thanks Roy.<br /><br />Dom, we still get cabbage whites round our way, though not nearly as many as in my youth. I think the last time I saw a red admiral alive was about 20 years ago. According to <a href="http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=atalanta" rel="nofollow">UK Butterflies</a>, they're still fairly common in the south, but if so the little rascals are avoiding SomersetDazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907025299657181744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-89506148944580264142011-06-18T06:56:22.216+09:002011-06-18T06:56:22.216+09:00And fab Flickr pics too now!And fab Flickr pics too now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-15219544509593154592011-06-18T06:51:44.333+09:002011-06-18T06:51:44.333+09:00Lovely that you are so encouraging to their develo...Lovely that you are so encouraging to their development & love of nature! They look like Armadillium genus... the butterfly is a swallowtail. Butterflies are seriously declining in England - really in my lifetime - we used to see lots of peacocks & red admirals as well as cabbage whites, now they are much rarer. The snail?<br />domAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-63775627739662997132011-06-17T10:52:50.091+09:002011-06-17T10:52:50.091+09:00Oh man, I wish I'd had a mother like you!Oh man, I wish I'd had a mother like you!Jerry Coynehttp://www.whyevolutionistrue.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-17464346406257283562011-06-17T04:20:32.187+09:002011-06-17T04:20:32.187+09:00Woodlouse = pill louse (or pill bug), Armadillidiu...Woodlouse = pill louse (or pill bug), Armadillidium vulgare. In the old days, pills would be made up by your friendly local pharmacist with his brass pill-making contraption, and spheres is the shape they were. Or so I'm told.roynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-55991282137055005712011-06-16T15:51:49.615+09:002011-06-16T15:51:49.615+09:00With most land snails it's very easy... they a...With most land snails it's very easy... they are both! They are true hermaphrodites. The snail Cici found looks like a type of pulmonate snail, so it's MrMrsMiss Snail.<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermaphrodite has some snail pr0n ;-) for all to see.Monikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05119976685968954869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-19991305239063042022011-06-16T02:54:54.506+09:002011-06-16T02:54:54.506+09:00Is "Den den, mushi mushi, Katatsumuri" f...Is "Den den, mushi mushi, Katatsumuri" from a song? If so, I need to learn that song. That snail is indeed awesome! <br /><br />I remember Roly Polies, and I haven't seen any lately. BTW, Dennis saw the summer's first firefly or lightning bug (Which name do you prefer?) last night.Caryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18143627079933762183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-28452573493458850502011-06-15T23:22:45.389+09:002011-06-15T23:22:45.389+09:00that snail is huge!!! And also awesome. i kind of ...that snail is huge!!! And also awesome. i kind of want him...Sarah Ahiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02795455714801965956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-34733249645297240562011-06-15T20:36:41.552+09:002011-06-15T20:36:41.552+09:00My sister had entire circuses of roly polys.
I&...My sister had entire circuses of roly polys. <br /><br />I've actually never seen a snail close up, though at our girl scout community service this past Sat, someone found a big slug on a stick and handed it to me. I held it at arms length but most of the girls came right up and petted it and were fascinated. Sage was mildly interested a moment but the dirt itself was what she wanted to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7027119346366147543.post-57692818191371193552011-06-15T18:20:37.736+09:002011-06-15T18:20:37.736+09:00"You don't suppose I subconsciously encou..."You don't suppose I subconsciously encourage this behavior in my children, do you?"<br /><br />Umm... Yes?<br /><br />Is the pill bug what I'd call a woodlouse, or is there a difference?Dazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907025299657181744noreply@blogger.com