John Rodgers on sat 31 oct 09
Hmmm. We have junebugs here in the South in Alabama. They can be found
around most any fig tree. They love figs. In real life they have an
iridescent green head and hardwings and their underside and legs are
metallic gold. As a kid we used to tie a thread around one of their legs
and let them fly around on the end of the thread. I wonder what effect
these beetles would have on a glaze. We also have tumbleturd
beetles(farmers) or dung beetles(city slickers) by another name -
scarab relatives - but they are black, and I don't think they would do
anything for the glaze, except innoculate the glaze with undesirable
bacteria and make it smell bad!!! Sometimes the beetles co-operate and
two will work together to roll a dung ball uphill to the top of the
nest, where another - most often a female - will be waiting to help
bury it in the nest. Sometimes the two beetles will get into a tug-o-war
and the ball will get away and roll back down the hill. . At such times,
the female will raise her antennae and wave them vigorously at the other
two - meaning in dungbeetle speak "Stop that SH*T! Stop that SH*T!"
I'd better go.
John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com
Deborah Thuman wrote:
> Taylor wrote: I'm pretty sure some
> junebugs fell into the slop as well.
>
> What effect do junebugs have on the glaze? How many junebugs fell in?
> What was the control?
>
> We don't have junebugs in the desert. Are spiders an acceptable
> substitution? Does it matter if the spider is black or brown?
>
> Is there a difference if I put the spiders on top of the glaze on the
> pot rather than into the glaze?
>
> Deb Thuman
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>
>
Snail Scott on sun 1 nov 09
On Oct 31, 2009, at 8:49 PM, John Rodgers wrote:
> ...I wonder what effect
> these beetles would have on a glaze...
I used to get box elder beetles in my electric
kiln, and they'd leave a localized bug-sized
reduction spot after bisque.
-Snail
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