Bug Hunt
Went fishing Sunday…headed back up to Lochwinnoch as the weather looked pretty good. This time me and lee tried the other side of the loch up past the bird sanctuary. Once again we were plagued by midgies. Long story short lee caught a fish I didn’t. So in an attempt to steal his thunder here are some beasties I found when I was in my no fish huff.
Jeremy the Slug…not very exciting but some of them were massive and I thought it would be rude not to include Jeremy (we got quite attached)
Loretta the little green bug…dunno what type it is other than small and green. hoping that someone can be bothered looking into their latin names etc.
Pedro the Frog? Toad? bit of a jump in the hierachy here…I think everyone loves frogs…
Scott the little cool Lizard…He was cool. Just hiding under a rock…didn’t move particularly fast…or wee on me which was nice.
As you can see I’ve done no form of research whatsoever but it has been a very lazy sunday so I felt it was in keeping…also I watched lost boys…Classic
June 16th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Loretta=hemiptera. That was as far as I could be bothered to remember
June 16th, 2008 at 9:23 am
PS Pedro looks awfy like a toad rather than a frog…
June 16th, 2008 at 9:30 am
well done Nic…little gold star for you. what’s the difference between a frog and a toad? (not a joke). It’s like biology 101 with nic
June 16th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Scott is a Palmate Newt, Lissotriton helveticus
June 16th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Oh, and I also caught a massive Clam thing, not to brag … but …
June 16th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Not to brag…but what?
You wouldn’t let it lie…can you keep newts as pets? they’re awesome…i’d love a pond!
June 16th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Ok so first of all:
I was having another wee look at Loretta and the problem is that I can’t see the wing-cases entirely. See the difference between a bug (Hemiptera) and a beetle (Coleoptera) is the elytra (wing-cases) and whether the wings are completely, or only partially, sheathed.
Ok so secondly. The difference between a frog and a toad is thus:
quite simply…
without going into too much detail…
or talking too much…
one has warts on its skin and one doesn’t.
Frogs have a very smooth skin, usually quite nicely coloured and they look slimy.
Toads are a wee bit flatter with warty/bumpy skin and tend to be a bit bigger than frogs.
In conclusion: Frogs are cute. Toads are not.
June 16th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
can i just point out that you have just seen a rare insight into my secret geekdom.
don’t do anything mean like publishing it to the world or nuffink!
June 16th, 2008 at 1:25 pm
Toads are cute…in their own special way. I’m impressed nic…I knew I could rely on someone else to do my homework…much easier
June 16th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
only a former toad would say so