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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-41-854864303 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Ken, On 4-Sep-06, at 2:39 PM, Ken MacAulay wrote: > Thanks, Chris. The fact that it was a carrion beetle doesn't say > much for my wife's cooking! She was frying onions, peppers and > mushrooms and the crittur was determined to get in the house and > did by crawling along the track under the screen door. You're not the only one to report this. I think the process of cooking (at least of certain items) my liberate substances which imitate the products of decomposition - at least to a carrion beetle's chemo-receptors. I can see, however, why your wife my not be flattered by the attraction ... ;-> > Very interesting about the "phoretic" mites and just one more > example of the symbiotic relationships that exist in nature. Don't > think I need them in the house though. > As always, you are a fountain of knowledge! Thanks. > Ken MacAulay > Port Mouton Cheers! Chris _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 (902) 424-6435 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. --Apple-Mail-41-854864303 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Ken,<DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On = 4-Sep-06, at 2:39 PM, Ken MacAulay wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Thanks, Chris.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0= </SPAN>The fact that it was a carrion beetle doesn't say much for my = wife's cooking!<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>She was = frying onions, peppers and mushrooms and the crittur was determined to = get in the house and did by crawling along the track under the screen = door.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>You're not the only one to = report this. I think the process of cooking (at least of certain items) = my liberate substances which imitate the products of decomposition - at = least to a carrion beetle's chemo-receptors. I can see, however, why = your wife my not be flattered by the attraction ... = ;-></DIV><BR><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Very = interesting about the "phoretic" mites and just one more example of the = symbiotic relationships that exist in nature.<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Don't think I need them in = the house though.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">As always, you are a fountain of = knowledge!<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 = </SPAN>Thanks.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Ken MacAulay</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Port Mouton<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV> = </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV>Cheers!</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris<BR><DIV> <P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT = face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">Christopher Majka = - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History</FONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: = 12.0px Times">1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>B3H 3A6</FONT></P> <P = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Times">(902) 424-6435 <SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>Email <<A = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</A>></F= ONT></P> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times"= size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Times">_._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._= ._._._.</FONT></P> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>= --Apple-Mail-41-854864303--
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