I know I misused the noun, but I like how that word sounds.  There are very
few times one can use it, unless you study spiders as John as correctly
pointed out.  That bothers me.

But if you've ever gazed into an active Euglandina's face, you'll agree
with my intended usage.  However, the organs are not homologous.

Kurt

At 04:01 PM 6/30/99 -0400, you wrote:
>For all you spider people:
>
>ped-i-palp  n. [ModL. pedipalpus: see PEDI- & PALPUS] either of the second
>pair of appendages of spiders and other arachnids, variously developed for
>grasping, sensing, fertilizing, etc.
>
>From Webster's New World Dictionary Second College Edition, 1972
>
>John
>
>John & Cheryl Jacobs
>Seffner, FL
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: Kurt Auffenberg <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 8:50 AM
>Subject: Re: Need Living Euglandina rosea
>
>
>I'll keep my pedipalps to the ground for you.  After a dry spring, the
>summer weather pattern of unbearable heat and humidity, followed by
>afternoon thunderstorms have set in for North Florida.  Good Euglandina
>weather.
>
>Kurt
>
>At 04:11 PM 6/29/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>Dear Kurt,
>>Thank you for the information and you are right! The Euglandina rosea don't
>>seem to be abundant anywhere in South Florida. However, you could easily
>>collect dozens on a single morning on Raiatea, French Polynesia, a few
>years
>>ago. This is related to the population explosion effect which many exotic
>>species undergo when they are first introduced into a new area. I was
>>mistakenly using the abundance of the snail in Polynesia as the standard
>>when I sent out the request, and was assuming the populations would be
>>equally as abundant in Florida. I am not going back to Polynesia soon,
>>unless I win the Lottery so I would still like to obtain 10 or more animals
>>to have enough of a sample size so the results of the testing would be
>>valid. I have run some preliminary tests on a single adult snail, and the
>>results are encouraging. I would love to get some more specimens to
>continue
>>the work. The snail is doing well after 3 weeks on a diet of Subulina, and
>I
>>could feed about a dozen more Euglandina. The E's are easy to ship. You
>just
>>let them attach to a substrate, dry out and seal off overnight, wrap them
>in
>>several layers of  Kleenex, put them in a small, crush proof cardboard box,
>>and mail them off on a two day express delivery. I'm offering a $10 per
>>snail honorarium, which is enough to cover the postage, and still buy a 25
>>cent cigar! I would appreciate the help of anyone who stumbles across this
>>animal.
>>Cordially,
>>Roger
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Kurt Auffenberg [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 12:35 PM
>>> To:   [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject:      Re: Need Living Euglandina rosea
>>>
>>> Roger,
>>> I'll keep my eyes open, but like most carnivores, Euglandina are few and
>>> far between.  I usually find one here, one there.  Not ten or 20.
>>>
>>> To those members living in SW FL . . . .You have the highest densities of
>>> Euglandina rosea I've seen in the state....roadside ditches.  Hey, what
>>> else could you guys possibly have on your agendas this weekend??  Don't
>go
>>> see StarWars again.
>>>
>>> Kurt
>>>
>>> At 11:44 AM 6/23/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>> >Dear Members,
>>> >I need about 10-20 living Euglandina rosea, the rosy glandina or rosy
>>> >wolfsnail from the southeastern US to run tests on a snail repellent
>made
>>> >from hot pepper extract. We would like to set up a fiberglass panel
>>> >exclosure in a Polynesian forest where endemic Partula snails used to
>>> occur
>>> >and re-introduce them from captive breeding stocks. Unfortunately, the
>>> >introduced predator Euglandina is still present in small numbers there.
>>> If a
>>> >cheap and environmentally friendly snail repellant can be found, the
>>> >reserves can be set up inexpensively. Hence the need for the live
>>> Euglandina
>>> >test snails.
>>> >Can anyone supply some live specimens?
>>> >Thank you for any help, Roger Klocek
>>> >
>>
>