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hmmm, they did not help me too much. Does anyone else have some ideas?

Thanks Inamorata, Ill check out those links now.

Okay, well, if no one knows anything about the possible ID of these, would anyone know of a specific web site where people ID insects?

Here are a few beetles I have found in my backyard pool skimmers. I think the first 2 may be darkling beetles, and the third one I am not sure of. The fourth one might be a scarab beetle?

Also, Eptomology: http://www.insects.org Physics: http://physics.org/ General Bio: http://www.biology-online.org/ Microbiology: http://www.microbes.info/ DNA/ Genetics http://dnaftb.org/ Marine Biology: http://www.marinebio.com/ Geology: http://www.geology.com NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/ Okay, we all sometimes overlook the obvious

http://www.myrmecology.org

5614, Do not try this at home.

Good point swansot:) Thanks for your help and input, YT2095 and Schrodngr's cat

Oh good, mine is dark violet when off. One more question, after a black light is used, will potentially harmful radiation be left in the area, if so, for how long.

Hi Everyone, I was looking around in my closit, and found an old black light. I was wondering: -What harm could it cause to myself if I turned it on? -How harmful is radiation from typical black lights, does it matter if this one is old, like maybe 15 years? -What common materials may I store it inm ore does it need to be stored in a UV absorber at all? THE MODEL IS A: 365nm Spectronic B-14N with a BLE-220B Long Wave UV Tube. Is that dangerouse at all, is it too powerful??? I look foward to reading your responses... they will save me (or cause me) much worrying.

Perhaps it is more refracting light?

My main question is: How long will it take for an insect (Preferably an Ant) to loose its color in 70% ethanol alcohol????? Are there better ways of preserving ants besides pinning and pointing?

ummm, I don't recall saying I would keep ants in groups? ANYWAY(This is the part of the post you should read ) To do behavioral studies on ants, I will conduct a series of experiments. The first I have thaught of, for example, will tell me about what ants eat, how they eat it, what and why they want it and eat it (if that made any sence, sorry, I just woke up ) First I would follow ants from their colonies, and follow them as far as possible, until they go back. On a map, I will draw the "Borders of the Terratory," and find 2 different species tht have their borders relatively close. Between each "Border," I shall place a piece of food (Bate). I will study whichever species of ant ant comes to get it first, I would need to know why. Would one not smell it on the border, is the food too small, etc... PS: Maybe I could take some Allegheny mound ants and put them in an ant farm, to study their behavior on a smaller scale? Or will the change of habitat change their behavior. Sorry about the terrable errors, again, I just woke up PSS: Today, as I noted earlier, I will start to study the biodiversity of ants in the Pine barrens, If you have any experiment ideas in general involving ants in the pihne barrens, you would help a whole lot.

Interesting, do you actually have mound ants there? They are pretty easy to spot. The AllegHany Mound Ants are red in color, and are big, atleast 1 cm long, they are quite aggressive, and live in huge (1 to FIVE!!! foot diameter) overground mounds. Like other species, when the mound ants bite, they release Formic Acid into their victims. Their behaviour very interesting, as one of my professors has come up with a hypothesis that the mound ants are slave making ants. We do KNOW that they raid other ant colonies and take the larvae, but are they eating them or raising them? We don't know, and that is one of the questions I will try to anser in my studies, although it is a small one. Tommorow, I will begin the first step of my research. I will collect, and catelogue as many different species of ants as I can from the pine barrens. I will study the biodiversity of ants, to get a general idea of the "ant life" in the pine barrens. I have still NOT YET decided on which species to study, or excactly what to do with them. Tommorow, with an asperator, I shall collect all (or most) of the diverse species of ants, and put them in kill jars. I will identify them, and pin them at the end of the day. This will conclude the first phase of my research, or the "Biodiversity of Ants in the Pine Barrens". It may, however take longer to complete this first stage. Again, I am totally open to ideas, and I kindof need them.

Well, then I would most probably do that type of research on the Allegheny Mound Ants, as not to many scientists have looked into them. They are very agressive and will nip at any intruder. So, you would be interested mainly in interactions between the "castes" within the colony. Coincidentally, this will work out very well, and be quite interesting as the Allegheny Mound ants that I will be studying rade other colonies for slave, yes I said slave ants, while they still can NOT provide food for themselfs, independant on the slaves. Well, I have to go eat breakfast..., I look foward to all of your ideas.

I have recently started doing some research in the Pine Barrens of Long Island, and am looking for some experiment ideas. So far, I have decided to study in the field of Ants. I may also study the ant's interaction with the surrounding environment, other creatures, and the basic ecology of the area involving ants:) Specifically, I MAY look into the Allegeny Mound ants and study their behavioral patterns, as not many have studied them. I am at a very early stage of study I plan to identify and catalogue all ant life in the pine barrens and perhaps do behavioral experiments with different species of ants. Does anyone know of recourses on ants in general, or of specific species??? I am totally open to ideas for experiments with ants, and will be glad to give you all data. Your thoughts will be appreciated.

I think this will be all you need: pi is exactly 3

I think it has to do with the dryness, and the decay of it all over time. If you have ever seen old tree limbs burried deep under ground (4 feet ), they turn a dark color, and when further compacted under more pressure, they become coal.

Hmmm, about the frog, I am not sure but I do think you poke its leg with a needle or something and the dead frog twitches? I don't know too much about Galvanism though.

I don't believe there is any correlation or relaton between hair color and mind power. There are always exceptions to generalizaions. No there are not any blonds in my AP classes... but I know a few smart ones.

http://pbisotopes.ess.sunysb.edu/lig/Conferences/abstracts-01/harbottle-abst.htm Yikes, and I was just at a glacial erratic at target rock!

Will that be mostly magnetite, that collects on the magnet, or will it have lots of other stuff, and could I purify the magnetite?

Can someone please describe a simple (or kindof simple) process for obtaining magnetite in powder or rock, solid, whatever form. Is it true that if I take a magnet and move it around in dark sand from most beaches on the east coast of the U.S., I will have magnetite on the magnet? If so, wouldn't there be other magnetic metals on the magnet, like hematite, etc., and how could I purify this magnetite? Your imput will be greatly appreciated, thanks.

Maybe Martin means that if you move towards a source of light, it would "relatively" be moving faster than the speed of light. If a rocket ship launches into space toward the sun, the rays will apear to move faster than the speed of light. Speed is relative. We see this in the red shift/ doppler effect, I think because of changes in frequency, correct?

When he says "logic" he means you stated and responded to the converse of his original statement! He is talking math logic, inverse, converse, contrapositive. It is a common mistake, but if you look at his wording he was nearly "air tight." Look at these rules: T->T= True F->F= True F->T= True T-->F= FALSE Simple orders, and variable make a diference. If, say p-->q and p it false and q is true, the satatement that q-->p (converse) if FALSE, incorrect, essentially, that is what you did, but really, it is a commojn mistake, and not worth arguing over, let us get back to chemistry.