jorgemotalmeida 05 August 2008 22:04:58

TSE + flies + women = total bliss.

jorgemotalmeida 05 August 2008 22:03:53

*the behaviour of the flies.

jorgemotalmeida 05 August 2008 22:03:36

"During eclipses studied (..), bees returned to their hives en mass, nocturnal moths appeared, and butterflies settled in the grass as though it were night." I will observe in next TSE the b

jorgemotalmeida 05 August 2008 22:02:40

species of birds manifested anxiety and roosting behavior, and nearly all birds stopped singing (which contributes to the oft-noted quietude of totality). Insects are affected even more."

jorgemotalmeida 05 August 2008 22:02:06

some scientists discovered that the daily habits of mammals "were little affected by the eclipse, but that birds and especially insects were influenced. Under the Moon's shadow, many species

Rui Andrade 05 August 2008 21:53:32

I think the different behaviour of animals occurs just because they think that night has fallen, or is more in that?

jorgemotalmeida 05 August 2008 21:20:58

*insects and spiders.

jorgemotalmeida 05 August 2008 21:20:43

*they feel like something stange and spectacular is coming. eclipse also helped to stop a war! not an apocryph story. when I saw the annular eclipse, I could testify that different behaviour on

jorgemotalmeida 05 August 2008 21:16:44

yes, Nigel, I did say the same!! but text was cut.

jorgemotalmeida 05 August 2008 21:16:20

eclipse is always interesting for scientists. It helps to prove Einstein's theory, but there are some nuances with this story. All insects, birds behaves in an unusual way always. They feel

Andre 05 August 2008 20:49:01

Question: do all Syrphids hide, when the eclips comes? Like the birds... If so: I want the flies. Eclips is interesting for scientists ;-)

conopid 05 August 2008 19:50:18

We must also go to the place to see the field of all the Syrphids )

jorgemotalmeida 05 August 2008 16:35:28

a "near" full eclipse is very, very different of a *real* and fully tse. believe. those 1% not covered by the moon makes all the difference. one day we must go to a place to see the tse

conopid 05 August 2008 14:53:53

having witnessed a near full eclipse, I would certainly prefer the field full of all Syrphids! That's the sort of thing I dream of

jorgemotalmeida 05 August 2008 11:04:09

3 to go only!

Jan Willem 05 August 2008 06:27:47

Again four to go!

Kahis 04 August 2008 06:09:58

Got to agree with Jorge: few (if any) things are cooler than a total solar eclipse. If you have a change, GO!

jorgemotalmeida 03 August 2008 21:05:49

try to tell such thing to eclipse chasers. I'm sure you never saw a real TSE. It's better than seeing a (i) field with almost all genus of syrphids.

Andre 03 August 2008 20:54:17

Boring event.

jorgemotalmeida 01 August 2008 22:08:38

http://astropt.org/blog/ eclipse photos, are they amazing? a wonderful event.