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Thread: Ponderings
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22nd February 2007, 10:58 PM #16
I have observed maggots in my fly traps however I have never studied them closely to determine if the maggots were conceived in the trap or not.
I suspect they are from those big blowies that seem to carry the young maggots with them.- Wood Borer
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23rd February 2007, 08:40 AM #17
I have to get up there and change the bait this weekend, so I'll have a look. If I can get close enough to the contents without passing out...
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23rd February 2007, 09:09 AM #18
Now silent, if you'd been a sailor, you'd have understood the term "apparent wind" and it's effects.
The phenomenom you describe also allows us under some conditions to sail downwind with no apparent breeze at all, to sail faster than the breeze, and to sail into the apparent breeze when in fact the wind is from behind, (a spot where the wind often is.)
On the insect pondering, the answer lies I'm sure in the writings of one Captain W.E. Johns, and if I may be as bold as to offer a suggestion or two for your future research into the matter (Publisher noted to make it easier for you):
1997 N.Wright: "Biggles does some Homework"
1962 Hodder and Stoughton: "Biggles Sets a Trap"
1967 Brockhampton Press: "Biggles Sorts it Out"
1937 Oxford University Press: "Biggles Flies West"
1938 Oxford University Press:"Biggles Flies South"
1935 Oxford University Press:"Biggles Flies East"
1943 John Hamilton Ltd: "Biggles Flies Again"
And of course there's the all time Classic tome "Biggles Fly's Undone".
cheers,
P (with thanks to http://www.biggles.info/)
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23rd February 2007, 09:13 AM #19
biting, you been reading my library again
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
My Other Toys
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23rd February 2007, 09:41 AM #20
Well, at least I now know why I don't ride pushbikes, or play with dead flies. Thanks, ancient C.
The only way to get rid of a [Domino] temptation is to yield to it. Oscar Wilde
.....so go4it people!
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23rd February 2007, 09:49 AM #21
Midge, thanks, I knew I could count on you. I'm well aware of apparent wind, it's the unapparent wind that sneaks up on you and singes your nostril hairs that I worry about.
Careful Cliff, you'll get us infractionated.
TK, you really need to live more of life. Be in it!
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23rd February 2007, 06:02 PM #22Cliff.
If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.
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23rd February 2007, 06:09 PM #23
It is definitely easier to exceed fly escape velocity on your bike when you are riding into the wind than against it. Flies don't like flying into the wind and lose heart very quickly, whereas if they are flying downwind after a sweat-soaked cyclist, their adrenaline kicks in and they fight above their weight, so to speak.
Is this what you really wanted to know?
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