[NatureNS] Strange beetle

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Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 17:53:26 -0300
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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
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1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada  B3H 3A6
(902) 424-6435   Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca>
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wife's cooking!<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>She was =
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get in the house and did by crawling along the track under the screen =
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report this. I think the process of cooking (at least of certain items) =
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interesting about the "phoretic" mites and just one more example of the =
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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; =
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