Guest Book May 2000 - Nov 2000
Following is the Guest Book messages from May 2000 - NOV 2000. Later messages please see Guestbook.
- Common Crow Butterfly
- Username:
- YAN Ming-leong
- UserEmail:
- ainac@ed.gov.hk
- Date:
- 21 May 2000
- Time:
- 18:09:45
- Remote User:
Comments
A wonderful web site on insets.
- Username:
- Discussions, Uncle Wai
- UserEmail:
- Date:
- 24 May 2000
- Time:
- 16:45:34
- Remote User:
Comments
Very good and colourful web site. Where are the answers for the other questions in Discussions?
- Username:
- spiders, i@AchimHaas.de
- UserEmail:
- i@AchimHaas.de
- Date:
- 27 May 2000
- Time:
- 14:51:43
- Remote User:
Comments
Thanx a lot for all the inspirations you gave me on your site. I'd be delighted with getting just a few words from you at my text project pages: -- http://members.tripod.de/wue/german/ -- http://members.tripod.de/wue/story/ ... Ciao, and HAVE FUN!
- Which_part_I_like_most:
- butterflies
- Name:
- Sandra Chim
- Email:
- sandra_chim@creoscitex.com
- Date:
- 19 Jul 2000
- Time:
- 18:46:11
- Remote User:
Comments
Our dearest kids,
Good! I'm appreciated to your study & learnt so much from you! Keep on & update us of new findings!
Aunt Sandra (20.Jul 9:42am)
- Which_part_I_like_most:
- Spiders
- Name:
- Uncle Kei
- Email:
- sk.poon@tectronmfg.com
- Date:
- 23 Jul 2000
- Time:
- 20:02:15
- Remote User:
Comments
Hi Sandy and Tony, It is nice and interesting to see the inserts photos and the details. I hope we can see more inserts types in this web site in the near future.
- Which_part_I_like_most:
- Spiders
- Name:
- James
- Email:
- maryk@ihug.co.nz
- Date:
- 30 Aug 2000
- Time:
- 23:21:30
- Remote User:
Comments
I'd Just like to say your web site has realy helped me In my sicence project.The Garden Orb weaver.And the Golden Orb Weaver.Thank you and I'll spend Quite a bit of time on here.
- Which_part_I_like_most:
- spiders not so different from American ones
- Name:
- Bonnie DeGray
- Email:
- Chib2@together.net
- Date:
- 12 Sep 2000
- Time:
- 15:57:53
- Remote User:
- Which_part_I_like_most:
- the pictures were beautiful
- Name:
- Candy
- Email:
- yvette561@cs.com
- Date:
- 18 Sep 2000
- Time:
- 17:53:18
- Remote User:
Comments
I was looking for 10 specific difference between the insects and the spider. as a project home work for my daughter.
Feedback from Peter Chew 20/09/00
Candy, Thank you for visiting our web pages 'Insects and Spiders in Brisbane'. This is response to your message "I was looking for 10 specific difference between the insects and the spider. as a project home work for my daughter." To list 10 specific different between insects and spiders is really difficult. Here are the different that I can think of. Hope they will help. 1. Spiders have no wing, most insects have 4 or 2wings, 2. Spiders have no antenna, insects have 1 pair antenna, 3. Spiders have 4 pairs of legs, insects have 3 pairs of legs, 4. Spiders have 8 eyes, most insects have 2 eyes, 5. Spiders have two fangs, insects have no fangs, 6. Spiders have two distinct body sections, which are not segmented, insects have one segmented body, 7. Spiders have a pair of pedipalps as organs of touch, insects have no pedipalps, 8. Spiders use silk for web building, insects use silk for cocoons, 9. Young spiders and adult spiders look the same, young insects and adult insects (eg. caterpillar and butterflies) look different, 10. ............ please advise if you think of any!!- Which_part_I_like_most:
- bug sex
- Name:
- seth armour
- Email:
- seth.armour@digitalinsight.com
- Date:
- 19 Sep 2000
- Time:
- 07:48:38
- Remote User:
Comments
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- Which_part_I_like_most:
- Set- up & photos
- Name:
- Stephen J Fellenberg
- Email:
- sjfell@ozemail.com.au
- Date:
- 28 Sep 2000
- Time:
- 00:09:53
- Remote User:
Comments
Hi, My name is stephen
What a great site, I am very interested in stick insects (Phasmatids).
If you find any I would be interested in any of your nots on them including plants they eat, what they do and whn mating a photo in cop. This information may be added to what we already have.
If you have any question please contact me.
Feedback from Peter Chew
Stephen,
Thank you for visiting our web pages. We did find some stick insects in our backyard, however I did not take any picture. I will try to take some photo and put them on the web pages this summer.
I guess you live in Australia. If you go to our Brisbane Museum, there is a Insect Section and there are a tank with a lot of living Stick Insects, with different spices. They are very interesting. You will only see a tree at the first look, if you look more carefully, you will see there are Stick Insects on every branches.
- Which_part_I_like_most:
- The clear scientific text & great photos!
- Name:
- Rose-Mary
- Email:
- rose-mary@telstra.email.com.au
- Date:
- 29 Sep 2000
- Time:
- 21:54:31
- Remote User:
Comments
I like the format and easy to read text, suitable for the Grade 3-6 children that I will be using it with. I'd like to know who wrote it. i.e who are the 'WE' who did the study? Is Bribane Macgregor Park in Brisbane, Australia? Our school, Mole Creek Primary School is participating in a Rotary sponsored project to celebrate this, the Year of the Culture of Peace. Our school is representing 'The Americas'. We are operating a HUGE 20metre puppet of a monarch butterfly. Other local schools represent other continents' native animals.
From Peter Chew 02/10/00
Rose-Mary,
Thank you for your visit and your comments on our web pages about Insects
and Spiders in Brisbane. We are not belonging to any organization. To watch insects and spiders is our interest. On our home pagehttp://www.geocities.com/pchew_brisbane/
there is a brief introduction to ourselves. Please visit it in case you
missed it.- Which_part_I_like_most:
- buterflys.
- Name:
- Brea,Kristy.
- Email:
- Date:
- 01 Oct 2000
- Time:
- 20:02:33
- Remote User:
Comments
we liked the buterflys. and the clear text. we did not like the spiders or the bugs. Our teacher is Rose-mary. She has all ready been in to guest book. We go to mole creek primary.
- Which_part_I_like_most:
- Butterflies
- Name:
- Haylee Prott
- Email:
- Prottjr@aol.com
- Date:
- 08 Oct 2000
- Time:
- 08:21:29
- Remote User:
Comments
I need to know an address for school on caterpillers.
- Which_part_I_like_most:
- Only had time to look at the spiders, but the rest looks terrific as well.
- Name:
- Genevieve Davison
- Email:
- gendavison@aol.com
- Date:
- 13 Oct 2000
- Time:
- 06:51:26
- Remote User:
Comments
Thanks so much for your wonderful site! I live in northern Virginia (just outside Washington, DC) where my husband and I enjoy the many spider webs that grace the our deck at the back of our house which is surrounded by woods. I've always wanted to know more about how/why spiders build their webs. Spiders and webs are not only scientific "curiousities" to me but inspiring and aesthetically beautiful creatures. I am a professional stained glass artists who enjoys creating original designs based on animals, insects, and nature. My plan was to do a spider & web piece but when I reviewed the sketches I had made and really looked at the webs around me, I realized that I didn't understand how they were created. (That's important if I am to attempt a creation of my own in stained glass.) Your site made my day and, in a way, the design which I will soon attempt. Heartfelt thanks for all of your excellent work, Genevieve Davison, Springfield Virginia, USA
- Which_part_I_like_most:
- THE SPIDERS
- Name:
- WARNYSHA BERRYMAN
- Email:
- KOOLSTUFF@AOL.COM
- Date:
- 17 Oct 2000
- Time:
- 18:43:18
- Remote User:
Comments
I THOUGHT YOUR WEBSITE WAS GREAT! MAYBE IN THE FUTURE YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADD A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPIDERS UNDER- NEATH THE PICTURES. I REALLY ENJOYED THE SITE AND HOPEFULLY I WILL BE USING IT AGAIN FOR MY SCIENCE PROJECTS
- Which_part_I_like_most:
- spiders
- Name:
- Bob Paterno
- Email:
- YANKinALA@aol.com
- Date:
- 17 Oct 2000
- Time:
- 19:32:27
- Remote User:
Comments
Thank you so MUCH for your site. My son has to do a report on spiders; actually he has to pick one type. Due next week so we hopped on the web and found your site. I was very interested in "St Andrew's cross spider". The photo is a little small but, it actually looks like it has only 4 legs. Seems that it puts pairs together. Do you have any other info on this spider? Have searched web and unable to find it listed, even tried under Argiope Keyserlingi. Can ya email additional info? A larger photo? thanx, Bob
- Which_part_I_like_most:
- Beetles(Lucanidae)
- Name:
- Kiyotami FUKINUKI
- Email:
- rainforestjp@mx4.tiki.ne.jp
- Date:
- 19 Oct 2000
- Time:
- 06:18:40
- Remote User:
Comments
Oh! Good works!
This is FUKINUKI(Mr) a Japanese entomologist. I am taxa of world Lucanidae. Also, I am looking for Australian Lucanidae. Could you offer me of them? I can offer for exchange Asia Coleoptera.
http://www.geocities.com/rainforestjp/
- Which_part_I_like_most:
- we liked it all, and especially the all the information on spiders
- Name:
- LEO TAYLOR
- Email:
- lion144000@aol.com
- Date:
- 19 Oct 2000
- Time:
- 20:43:08
- Remote User:
Comments
hI THERE My wife and I were discussing spiders recently and the question came up--Is web construction the male or female's job? And is it different for different spider types? Thank you very much LEO AND MARY TAYLOR
Feedback from Peter Chew
Both male and female spiders construct their own webs. They do not live together. They meet only in the when mating. In mating season the male spider, usually their size is much smaller than the female, will try to find the female. It is believed that the male spider can recognized the silk of the female spider, and direction too!! The male spider can follow the silk left by the female and find her. The male has to risk his life to approach the female, for the female treat every moving object as her meal. If the male success to reach the female, then they mate. If the male are lucky enough, he may be walk away after mating. For some spider species, the male will always becomes her meal after mating (the male will die any way after the mating). The male actually is the nutrient of its offspring.
- Which_part_I_like_most:
- everything
- Name:
- evelyn
- Email:
- spiderap@aol.com
- Date:
- 22 Oct 2000
- Time:
- 14:46:25
- Remote User:
Comments
we think your website is very interesting. my dson is using it to do some research on a spider project he is doing for school. we would love to hear from you. we are in California
- Which_part_I_like_most:
- Golden orb- web spider pictures
- Name:
- Bonnie DeGray
- Email:
- chib2@together.net
- Date:
- 30 Oct 2000
- Time:
- 14:23:44
- Remote User:
Comments
I very much like the descriptions of how the spiders build their webs. I am studying spiders here in Vermont, USA. Do you know of any legends or folk-tales in Australia about spiders? Or anywhere else? It is amazing how similar spiders are on the other side of the earth! thank you for this web-site
- Which_part_I_like_most:
- observation on spider's web weaving
- Name:
- Gary
- Email:
- Date:
- 07 Nov 2000
- Time:
- 17:45:00
- Remote User:
Comments
I like the part with your own observation on spider's web weaving. The explanation and discussion is quite detail. It's inspire me do similiar website in future.
Did you write every thing yourself, I found something is quite professional and at least HK form 7 standard.
In your website, you've mentioned the evolution process of web-weaving spider. Some concept should be clear that, spider or most of the fauna do not know how to learn from it's own life experience, the instinct that built up may just because it's genetical mutation. Originally, these web-weaving spider may have better chance of survival than the jump-and-catch spider but they live in harmony if the food and place in enough for both. After some event, e.g. a disaster that lead to most of the insect die, the web-weaving spider then has an advantage on competition of prey catching and can survive better than the other. Finally the population of the jump-and-catch spider may decline and may eventually extinct. Be clear that, the spider won't learn some skill by itself and inherit to its offspring. All inborn skill is due to genetic heritage.
In Hong Kong, spider's web can be easily found on the river, do you know why?
Do you know some insect e.g.dragonfly have a aquatic stage? The nymph (baby insect) live in water and after a few months they would climb up on the stone or grass to turn into adult stage i.e.metamorphosis. For spider, it's wise to set web on the river as the adult always frequent the water surface to lay egg and the also many juvenile insect emerge from water surface. The underwater is also a big world of insect!!
Also, I have a question that did you ever observe the spider to move another new place to set web when it can't catch a prey for several nights/days? I wonder if the spider would change other place if it found the position is not quite suitable. Do you have any idea about its successful rate vs. territory moving frequency? I'm curious about the answer.
Anyway, the "web"site is fantastic and I'm waiting for more info. in it.
- Which_part_I_like_most:
- Name:
- maureen
- Email:
- msmith@micr.com.au
- Date:
- 13 Nov 2000
- Time:
- 20:30:19
- Remote User:
Comments
You ahve a very nice family
Maureen
- Which_part_I_like_most:
- spiders
- Name:
- Aunt Sandra Lui
- Email:
- sandra_chim@staphk.scitex.com
- Date:
- 16 Nov 2000
- Time:
- 18:47:03
- Remote User:
Comments
Dear Sandy & Tony, I'm really proud to be friend of you! Your finding is so fresh & interesting to me! Even I'm afraid of spiders & beetles before, after visiting your web site, I can tolerate to have some of them walking inhouse & not so nervous nowadays! Thank you!
