Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:42 pm Post subject: I have a dream: By State Mygalomorph Guide
i am seriously considering making a go at having a by state guide to all the mygs in the USA (similar to what i did to Shelley's scolopendromorph stuff. i have done a few states (CA, WA, NC) to a limited extent already and feel like it is possible but would be a lot of work
i would be willing to work on the non-theraphosidae part... i just don't have as much interest in taras.... and my gods, it would be GRUELING!
i am making a matrix of all the species in the USA according to Platnick 9.5 by the states. i might actually think about doing a database on my website so that users can hash info multiple ways
in no way am i going for a complete rigorous workup... i basically intend to google my red eyes out and come up with a reasonable approximation. i am thinking of possibly making Family and maaaybe genus level maps... but that is a ton of work =P
anyhow, if anyone was willing to help out i would definitely give credit where credit is due... i don't really have enough worked out to know exactly what i would want help with, yet, though =P _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
it is actually going pretty good. balam helped out a bit, too
now i am debating whether to announce it to the other forums now or wait until it is a bit more complete
i think when i announce it i am going to have a link to the index page for the state lists on the scabies forum and a link to a BIG ol' table i am going to generate off of a spreadsheet i am concurrently making that i am going to host on my website (i need to get more traffic =P ) _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
three or four hours of sleep and once more into the fray!
i am getting really excited about this. obviously it is not rigorous at all... but i have never seen anything done like it before
once i am a bit more confident we have gleaned 97+% of the info from the net i can start making cludged maps for Family, genus, and maybe even species
thank the gods for wiki commons maps i can download and alter _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
alrighty, i would say version 1.0 is done _________________
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
i figure stuff like this is a good hook to get more ppl to see the forum
plus, afaik we are the only club to do ~public service announcements
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There may be people who like centipedes. I have seen people handling tarantulas and scorpions, but never a centipede handler. I would regard such a person with deep suspicion...Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede on its underbelly "And here is my big good centipede." If such a man exists, I say kill him without more ado. He is a traitor to the human race.
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