Comments on: Biology Challenge http://www.kabt.org/2008/08/23/biology-challenge/ Kansas Association of Biology Teachers' News and Resources Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:11:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Brad Williamson http://www.kabt.org/2008/08/23/biology-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-1305 Brad Williamson Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:42:10 +0000 http://www.kabt.org/?p=816#comment-1305 Perhaps you are referring to EFN and not "ENF". Perhaps you are referring to EFN and not “ENF”.

]]> By: Steve Case http://www.kabt.org/2008/08/23/biology-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-1304 Steve Case Mon, 25 Aug 2008 21:32:15 +0000 http://www.kabt.org/?p=816#comment-1304 Professor Williamson, Are you suggesting that there is some sort of coevolutionary relationship between the ant and the plant? Hmm, ENF indeed. Professor Williamson,
Are you suggesting that there is some sort of coevolutionary relationship between the ant and the plant? Hmm, ENF indeed.

]]> By: karen rogers http://www.kabt.org/2008/08/23/biology-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-1302 karen rogers Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:31:39 +0000 http://www.kabt.org/?p=816#comment-1302 Brad - I love the photo! I wish I had my camera earlier today when I was vacuming my car. There was a HUGE praying mantis sitting on the metal thing where you hang the hose. It looked aggressive and perturbed at me for disturbing his dinner time. I also saw a leaf hopper shortly thereafter hanging out by the gas tanks at QT. They are lucky I didn't have a jar on me or they would have wound up in my classroom for a while. Great examples of science in the city! Brad – I love the photo!
I wish I had my camera earlier today when I was vacuming my car. There was a HUGE praying mantis sitting on the metal thing where you hang the hose. It looked aggressive and perturbed at me for disturbing his dinner time. I also saw a leaf hopper shortly thereafter hanging out by the gas tanks at QT. They are lucky I didn’t have a jar on me or they would have wound up in my classroom for a while. Great examples of science in the city!

]]> By: Brad Williamson http://www.kabt.org/2008/08/23/biology-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-1298 Brad Williamson Sat, 23 Aug 2008 23:19:45 +0000 http://www.kabt.org/?p=816#comment-1298 Scott, Why don't you re-size one of your images from this morning and post a picture of Partridge Pea here in this post (you can edit this post under Manage) to see if others agree. BTW, the flower of this plant has no nectar and is "buzz-pollinated." BW Scott,

Why don’t you re-size one of your images from this morning and post a picture of Partridge Pea here in this post (you can edit this post under Manage) to see if others agree.

BTW, the flower of this plant has no nectar and is “buzz-pollinated.”

BW

]]> By: Scott Sharp http://www.kabt.org/2008/08/23/biology-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-1297 Scott Sharp Sat, 23 Aug 2008 22:00:23 +0000 http://www.kabt.org/?p=816#comment-1297 I didn't really know what this was until I looked more closely at some photographs that I took this morning. If I'm right, this is Showy Partridge Pea and it is in bloom right now all over Lawrence. What a stunningly beautiful flower! I didn't know what the ant was after, but my Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers book noted a "small, saucer-shaped gland near the middle of each leaf stalk". Hopefully a BioBlog reader can teach me the function of the gland via a post. I didn’t really know what this was until I looked more closely at some photographs that I took this morning. If I’m right, this is Showy Partridge Pea and it is in bloom right now all over Lawrence. What a stunningly beautiful flower! I didn’t know what the ant was after, but my Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers book noted a “small, saucer-shaped gland near the middle of each leaf stalk”. Hopefully a BioBlog reader can teach me the function of the gland via a post.

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