Kai's research thread/caddisfly geekout

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

What exactly is the anal claw?

A special limb for teh surprise buttsecks.

Only if its children buttsecksing adults.

Only the larvae have anal prolegs.

Odep?

[Kai]

What exactly is the anal claw?

A special limb for teh surprise buttsecks.

Only if its children buttsecksing adults.

Only the larvae have anal prolegs.

Odep?

What?

I'm just laying out the facts here. If people want to make sex jokes about anal claws, fine by me, but they have to stomach my knowlege at the same time.

By the way, anal is either latin or greek for ring. Not so dirty now is it?

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

What exactly is the anal claw?

A special limb for teh surprise buttsecks.

Only if its children buttsecksing adults.

Only the larvae have anal prolegs.

Odep?

What?

I'm just laying out the facts here. If people want to make sex jokes about anal claws, fine by me, but they have to stomach my knowlege at the same time.

By the way, anal is either latin or greek for ring. Not so dirty now is it?

Odep was reverse Pedo...

But, yeah, I do know what an actual anal claw is, due to my Sjaantze's love of Entomology.

I still think its funnay though.

[Kai]

Sjaantze is a bug freak too?

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Sjaantze is a bug freak too?

We had a house in the woods for two years. I would come home from work to find Sjaantze face down at the edge of the clearing that was our front yard studying some interesting bug (though maybe not a True Bug*) or creeping mold or bizarre plant. Her college education was Bio/Psych and she was planning on being an animal behaviorist, but switched to Entomology (then married some guy that convinced her to drop out of college). She's planning on going back this year and aiming to get back to the bugs.



*I didn't even know that some bugs weren't True Bugs till I met her. I also didn't know that 'buzzard' was not an appropriate thing to call a Turkey Vulture.

[Kai]

Sjaantze is a bug freak too?

We had a house in the woods for two years. I would come home from work to find Sjaantze face down at the edge of the clearing that was our front yard studying some interesting bug (though maybe not a True Bug*) or creeping mold or bizarre plant. Her college education was Bio/Psych and she was planning on being an animal behaviorist, but switched to Entomology (then married some guy that convinced her to drop out of college). She's planning on going back this year and aiming to get back to the bugs.



*I didn't even know that some bugs weren't True Bugs till I met her. I also didn't know that 'buzzard' was not an appropriate thing to call a Turkey Vulture.

Dude. Shes crazy/awesome and shes a BUG FREAK TOO?


*envyenvyenvy*

Also, whats her favorite order of insect? What sort of entomological topics is she into? Is she going to be coming on here? Can I get her phone number?

I MUST HAVE ANSWERS!!!!

[Kai]

Just as a note, I'm not trying to be creepy here. The idea that there is a discordian type person out there that is an entomophile and is someone I could geek out with puts me in excitement mode, thats all.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

Hehe, she is occasionally on here as kosmik~smock. I'll poke her tonight and see if she'll wander in and say hey

[Kai]

So, need semi-fresh specimens for dissection for this project. I can't get them because this part of the country is going through the worst drought ever. All the streams aren't flowing, and the ones that are I can't get to. So I have to use specimens that are several years old and try to make them work, somehow. FUCK.

Not to mention I am hating this research proposal, and wondering whether I should have come here at all since my adviser just retired and is never around.

I'm so close to saying fuck this all and working in fast food because I am so frusterated and stressed out.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'll poke her tonight

Rat, do we REALLY need to know this?

[Cain]

So, need semi-fresh specimens for dissection for this project. I can't get them because this part of the country is going through the worst drought ever. All the streams aren't flowing, and the ones that are I can't get to. So I have to use specimens that are several years old and try to make them work, somehow. FUCK.

Not to mention I am hating this research proposal, and wondering whether I should have come here at all since my adviser just retired and is never around.

I'm so close to saying fuck this all and working in fast food because I am so frusterated and stressed out.

Believe me, working in fast food will do just the same, only adding complete lack of future prospects and utter hatred of your life into the bargain.

Still, that does entirely suck.  Would it be possible to visit other areas where the species is prevalent (out of state) or would that be unfeasible due to locality of the species?  If it is possible (thought naturally costly and time consuming) I would suggest doing so.  Getting out of the University for the while sounds like it might be a good idea.

[Kai]

So, need semi-fresh specimens for dissection for this project. I can't get them because this part of the country is going through the worst drought ever. All the streams aren't flowing, and the ones that are I can't get to. So I have to use specimens that are several years old and try to make them work, somehow. FUCK.

Not to mention I am hating this research proposal, and wondering whether I should have come here at all since my adviser just retired and is never around.

I'm so close to saying fuck this all and working in fast food because I am so frusterated and stressed out.

Believe me, working in fast food will do just the same, only adding complete lack of future prospects and utter hatred of your life into the bargain.

Still, that does entirely suck.  Would it be possible to visit other areas where the species is prevalent (out of state) or would that be unfeasible due to locality of the species?  If it is possible (thought naturally costly and time consuming) I would suggest doing so.  Getting out of the University for the while sounds like it might be a good idea.

Its for this final project this semester, for morphology. I don't have the time, money or knowledge to go collecting outside the upstate area and the whole region is in the worst drought on record. I figure I'll use old specimens and extrapolate and exaggerate in the drawings. Try to make it work. The only thing I feel I will have real trouble with is the tracheal system. The heart, brain and tentorium should be relatively easy to see, even in old specimens. The tracheoles loose their air after a while though, making it difficult to tell where they are.

I'm worried about this proposal too. My adviser is gone all the time and he wants a presentation on the 25th. The proposal is only half written and I don't have the slightest clue how I am going to do some aspects.

[Cain]

Well I cannot help re; the insects, though you know what you need to do, which is at least something.

As for your proposal, maybe this will help: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=1bab9b797a49adadab1eab3e9fa335cac66a6b0cc8efb476

Its not much I know, but between them they may help where your advisor is failing.

[Kai]

Well I cannot help re; the insects, though you know what you need to do, which is at least something.

As for your proposal, maybe this will help: http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=1bab9b797a49adadab1eab3e9fa335cac66a6b0cc8efb476

Its not much I know, but between them they may help where your advisor is failing.

Thanks! These will be helpful when I am writing my thesis. Right now, I am writing the proposal to do research so I can write my thesis.

[Cain]

They may cover that as well.  I'm not sure, since I have only really skimmed through them.  Nonetheless, I think knowing what you would be expected to do may be a useful guide for your proposal, even if it does not explicitly touch on the topic.

I also have some other books if you want them, but they are more PhD orientated.  Nonetheless, if you think they may be useful, just give me the word.