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How well do you know your aquatic critters? - JasonN - 03-16-2004 I made up a neat little quiz to see how well most people know their bugs. (Well, they're not all technically bugs, which is why I say critters!) Post your guesses before you peek at the answers... let's see who does best. [center] 1: (common or scientific name for the family) 2: (common name for the order and family, scientific name for the genus) 3: (common and scientific name for the order) 4: (common name for the family, scientific name for the species) 5: (common and scientific name for the species) 6: (common name for the family, scientific name for the genus) 7: (common name for the order, scientific name for the family) 8: (common and scientific name for the family) 9: (common and scientific name for the family) 10: (common and scientific name for the suborder) 11: (common name for the order, scientific name for the genus) 12: (common and scientific name for the family) 13: (common and scientific name for the family) 14: (common name for the order, common and scientific name for the species) 15: (common name for the family, scientific name for the species) 16: (common name for the order, common and scientific name for the species) 17: (common and scientific name for the family) 18: (common and scientific name for the order) 19: (common name for the order, scientific name for the species) 20: (common and scientific name for the suborder) [/center] When you're done guessing see how well you did here: http://www.troutnut.com/otherpics/quiz1/answers.html Let me know if you'd like to see more of these... I could cook up a pretty tough all-mayfly quiz if people want to try their hand at that. [signature] Re: [JasonN] How well do you know your aquatic critters? - JapanRon - 03-16-2004 Hey there JasonN, Welcome to BFT if I've not said so already. I'm guessing all those bugs are for the fishies. I'm thinking if I was a fish, I'd be a vegetarian. Yech!! JapanRon [signature] Re: [JasonN] How well do you know your aquatic critters? - Dryrod - 03-16-2004 []Hey there JasonN, Good pop quiz. However it is kind of long. We didn't have that many species to identify when I took microbacteriaology [study of microbes instead of bugs] when I was in college. Well the first one looks like a praying mantis, then you have some mayflys, waterbugs, hellgiammites caddisflys and snoreeeeee! Couldn't stay awake that long. Here in SOCA we don't have any bugs to mess with. Well I will take that back since the fire ants and african bees snuck in during the night. Originally I am not from Calif. Need I say more. I guess man is his own worse enemy. [signature] Re: [JasonN] How well do you know your aquatic critters? - tkishkape - 03-17-2004 [] This is the invitation list to Burl Ives' "Ugly Bug Ball"! I'm glad we don't have them ugly critters in Oklahoma! [signature] Re: [JasonN] How well do you know your aquatic critters? - davetclown - 03-17-2004 I could swear I saw some of them things in my bed last night [shocked] Welcome to bigfishtackle Jason that is quite the test, 5-6 years ago I would have made a stab at it. I have fished with some of them, I have found specimens and studied them in my biology class. but time age and a kick in the head has jared my memory... Looking forward to the refresher coruce when you get the chacne... What state are you fishing from these days? [signature] Re: [tkishkape] How well do you know your aquatic critters? - patches - 03-17-2004 hahaha i,m glad we aint got em too. haha we got the matis one, and the may flies, the other i dont know, what they are! haha UGLY is right. we got a bug lays on the rocks durein the summer, its grey and white, i know the name but just cant member what it is right now and if ya step on it or pick it up it will give ya like a electrical shock. but the bass and the trout love em. i caught a few trout with em, but i use my glove. to put em on with. there not big a toll. 1/4 inch long i figure. there are some weird ones out there/ [signature] Re: [patches] How well do you know your aquatic critters? - patches - 03-17-2004 yes too jason ya done good on the test! seems your learnin good. haha keep it up. [signature] Re: [patches] How well do you know your aquatic critters? - bulldawg53115 - 03-17-2004 The only one I recognized was the wiggler. We use them for perch. I saw one of the first one that you posted here this winter. It popped up through my son's ice hole when he was fishing. He asked me what it was. I had no clue. Thought it resembled one of those walking sticks...lol. What is it?[shocked] [signature] Re: [bulldawg53115] How well do you know your aquatic critters? - JasonN - 03-17-2004 Dawg, check the answer key. I put descriptions of what they all are up on there: [url "http://www.troutnut.com/otherpics/quiz1/answers.html"][size 1]http://www.troutnut.com/otherpics/quiz1/answers.html[/size][/url][size 1] [/size] And Davet, I'm in northwestern Wisconsin right now. I wish it would warm up already! The rest of the country has spring and it's still snowing here today. I've been out fly fishing anyway. [signature] Re: [JasonN] How well do you know your aquatic critters? - tubeN2 - 03-17-2004 Hey Jason, thanks for the brain teaser. It is nice to have something different for a change of pace. It is also nice to know what the names of some of our little critters are that the fish are biting on. [signature] Re: [JasonN] How well do you know your aquatic critters? - davetclown - 03-17-2004 I hear that, the snow is falling here as well in south east detroit. I am looking forward to a good sucker run this year, did not get one last year. maybe this slow melt will help. we do need a slow melt to keep the lake levels up this year... [signature] Re: [davetclown] How well do you know your aquatic critters? - Dryrod - 03-17-2004 [cool]Hey davetclown, Mind sharing some of that cooler weather with my friends and I from SO.CAL! We had our one day of winter for now we are in the high 80's and 90's. Last week it hit 100 at my house. And my DumbS___t neighbor says isn't this great weather. Duh yea if you live under water. In fact it got so hot, how hot was it ?well my CPU started smoking. [signature] Re: [bulldawg53115] How well do you know your aquatic critters? - patches - 03-18-2004 well dont know what ya mean by posted cause i nevr have had nothin to post anything with so i guess i dont know. ya we got those stick ones here, haha. i know the mayflies, but othhers i have no clue. haha snow where you are this last week?? has here everyday! sick of it! suppose to git a good storm friday. well i dont call it good! haha anyways, we wont be seein any these mayflies fer quite a while. with this snow!! darn it! later[] [signature] Re: [Dryrod] How well do you know your aquatic critters? - tubeN2 - 03-18-2004 Hey Dryrod, At least I can sympathize with you. I am on the West side of the SFV. We get some scorchers out here too. I am now fine tuning my pressure sensor for my float tube so that it will automatically control the air pressure for these hot days. I already had it set for inflation in the cold, now I have to set it for deflation in the heat. [signature] Re: [JasonN] How well do you know your aquatic critters? - DanielJRioux - 03-18-2004 Hey, I know their names, collectively they are known as FISH BAIT! [signature] Re: [JasonN] How well do you know your aquatic critters? - JasonN - 04-09-2004 Patches, we've STILL got frickin' snow. It's crazy. Almost mid-April and we've got highs of 33 this weekend! [signature]