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Gigantic horseflies, swarms of mosquitoes and frostbite: the making of The Snow Walker.
Magazine article from: Take One; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; IF he's not too busy, Rick is happy to tell you about all the movie stars he has met. As the bartender of Vancouver's Four Seasons Hotel, he sees a lot of celebrities. Today he has clearly recognized actor Barry Pepper, who has joined me at the wood panelled Terrace Bar to talk about his latest
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A New Sales (P) Itch.(ItchZapper takes itch out of mosquito bites)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: San Diego Business Journal; 9/24/2001; ; 155 words
; ...Carlsbad-based small business has come up with an electronic solution to the endless itching that comes with many mosquito, gnat, horsefly and fleabites. Zapit Marketing has created the ItchZapper, a battery-operated device slightly smaller than a computer mouse...
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What's bugging your horse? And how to get rid of it.(The horse barn)
Magazine article from: Countryside & Small Stock Journal; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...are certainly the most common equine parasite, and no stable is entirely free of them in the warmer months. The stable fly, horsefly and housefly torment and bite horses. The screwworm fly lays its eggs on open wounds. Sand flies and gnats are a problem in...
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Time to show off.(Jokes Riddles)
Magazine article from: Jack & Jill; 11/1/2004; ; 65 words
; ...Greenville, North Carolina Why does Kelly tiptoe past the medicine cabinet? She doesn't want to wake the sleeping pills! Maggie Brown Archdale, North Carolina How do you make a horsefly go faster? Use a buggy whip! Krista Hillman Gardena, California
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Women and maple tree.(poem)
Magazine article from: The Antioch Review; 3/22/1999; ; 94 words
; ...from the leaf-tips into the stems. The hum of insects, nearing their ears. Like the shrill of a finger to a wine-glass rim - horsefly, dragonfly, the blunt flight to the sweet black oil of the tree's heart. Clear wings in the pools at the base of the trunk...
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Jason's Quit Bugging Me! natural bug repellent provides a safe, effective alternative in the ongoing debate over the safety of N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) an effective yet potentially harmful pesticide used in most chemical bug sprays.(Marketing News)
Magazine article from: Household & Personal Products Industry; 5/1/2006; 62 words
; Jason's Quit Bugging Me! natural bug repellent provides a safe, effective alternative in the ongoing debate over the safety of N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) an effective yet potentially harmful pesticide used in most chemical bug sprays. With natural bug-busting ingredients like geranium, soybean
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Editor's introduction: who are our contemporary gadflies?
Magazine article from: Journal of Thought; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...made clear--to distinguish between a horsefly and a gadfly. Consequently, it seems...distinguish between comments that are horseflyish and gadflyish, those questions and comments...disturbing, and constructive. Even so, a horsefly may suggest ideas that are worthy of...
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Despicable Species: On Cowbirds, Kudzu, Hornworms, and Other Scourges.(Review)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: E; 7/1/2000; 106 words
; BORN TO FEAR From the stinging pain of horse fly encounters to our distaste for centipedes, cowbirds and sandburs, Janet Lembke explores the nature and myth of species we love to hate. In humorous and historic detail, Despicable Species: On Cowbirds, Kudzu, Hornworms, and Other Scourges (The Lyons
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Weekly Lab.(experiment shows how eyes determine color)
Magazine article from: Science Weekly; 9/30/1999; 148 words
; ...most effective for a flashing alarm? Why? Bonus: Look at these lines. Does your brain see a word? HELLO DID YOU KNOW?? Each of a horsefly's 2 eyes has 7,000 lenses, called facets. DID YOU KNOW?? Every day, your eye muscles move about 100,000 times!
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Flies in the Face of Fashion, Mites Make Right, and Other Bugdacious Tales.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Children's Bookwatch; 11/1/2006; 126 words
; Tom Turpin Purdue University Press 1207 South Campus Courts, Bldg. E, West Lafayette, IN 47907 Written by Tom Turpin (Professor of Entomology in Purdue's College of Agriculture), Flies in the Face of Fashion, Mites Make Right, and Other Bugdacious Tales is jam-packed with fun facts about
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