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Creationists….is your Creator God evil???

Posted by Tropical Gardener on Mar 3, 2010 under Bugs & Pests

So, I got a new tarantula for a pet. I was reading about them, and came to a section involving predators of tarantulas…

Being big, ugly, hairy spiders, you’d think there wouldnt be any predators for such a creature. However, in the tropics, there is a type of wasp that specializes in hunting tarantulas. This wasp grows to over 5″ in length, and they are rather cruel bugs…

They find a tarantula and then sting it, paralyzing it. They then carry it back to it’s own burrow, where they lay an egg INSIDE the spider while it is still alive and paralysed. Later, the baby wasp hatches inside the living, paralysed tarantula and then feeds off its living flesh, killing it by eating it from the inside.

Seeing as evolution is a lie and only God can create living things, why would God create such a cruel, evil wasp?? (Before you go thinking that this is the only predator, it isnt – a type of tropical racoon also feeds on tarantulas…)

what if…………………..

Posted by Tropical Gardener on Mar 2, 2010 under Bugs & Pests

you get to take this list of things with you to an island..there are no people on this island, no shelter, and the nearest place is another island at least 30 miles off the coast in an unknown direction, in deep, shark infested waters.It is a tropical island and its beautiful. You can see dolphins and tropical fish from shore.But shade is limited and its rather small…about the size of the Hawaiin islands combined. No one knows it exists and ships and aircrafts go past every blue moon. what would you take with you?? would you leave the island or stay and adapt? how? oh and the island has no feroscious beasts or bugs lol just so you know

you get one of these things… if you want. BUT ITS ALL YOU GET!!!!!!

family member or pet: my dog
friend or family member: my special friend
health necessity: GIANT box of tampons
comfort necessity: blanket
weapon: knife
change of clothes or soap: change of clothes
lighter or medkit: lighter

My buddy and i would use any fallen trees or objects and build a shelter.then wed explore the entire island and find water and other things. Wed live in peace until we couldnt take it anymore
then we would build a huge fire in hopes a ship or plane went by…then wed claim it as ours, go back and develop it, then become trillionaires and own the number one vacation/tourist spot. If it didnt get discovered we would build a raft and pray that we made it to the nearest island…..at least 30 miles away,in an unknown direction, in deep, shark infested waters…bum bum bum lol

lol i know its random but what if….lol

can i feed my fish this?

Posted by Tropical Gardener on Mar 1, 2010 under Bugs & Pests

i was walking past a river nearby my house and then i noticed these fish so i cought them and took them home and put them in my emty tank
i didnt know what to feed them so i went back to the river and looked for some bugs in the water that i thought they eat
i found these shrimp like things so i fed them it and they ate them hole!
after i got fed up of going out and catching bugs for them i put them back
now i have tropical fish and i was wondering if they would eat the shrimp things
can i go back and get some so they can live in my tank
i dont mind if my fish eat them but it would be nice to have some shrimp in my tank cos no pet shop near me sells freshwater shrimp just salt water
can i put them in my tank???
the shrimp things wer about 1cm and the biggest fish i have are 2 angel fish

who knows more facts about women?

Posted by Tropical Gardener on Feb 28, 2010 under Bugs & Pests

women love to shop. it is the one area of the world where they feel they’re totally in control

women especially love a bargain. the question of ‘need’ is irrelevant, so don’t bother pointing it out. anything on sale is fair game

women never have anything to wear. don’t question the racks of clothes in the wardrobe. you ‘just don’t understand

women need to cry. and they wont do it alone unless they know you can hear them

woman will always ask questions that have no right answer, in an effort to trap you into feeling guilty

women love to talk. silence intimidates them and they feel a need to fill it, even if they have nothing to say

women need to feel like there are people worse off than they are. that’s why soap operas and Oprah Winfrey type shows are so successful

women don’t need sex as often as men do. this is because sex is more physical for men and more emotional for women. just knowing that the man wants to hace sex fulfills the emotional need

women hate bugs. Even female martial arts experts need a man around when there’s a spider or wasp involved

women cant keep secrets. They eat away at them from the inside. And they don’t view their gabbing as being untrustworthy, providing they only tell two or three people

women always go to public toilets in groups. It gives them a chance to gossip

women cant refuse to answer a ringing phone, no matter what she’s doing

women never understand why men love toys. Men understand that they wouldn’t need toys if women had an ‘on/off’ switch

women think all beer is the same

women keep three different shampoos and two different conditioners in the shower, as well as at least 10 sundry items

after a women showers, the bathroom will smell like a tropical rainforest

women don’t understand the appeal of contact sports. Men seek entertainment that allows them to escape reality. Women seek entertainment that reminds them of how horrible things could be

if a man goes on a seven day trip, he’ll pack five days worth of clothes and will wear some things twice; if a woman goes on a seven day trip. She’ll pack 21 outfits because she doesn’t know what she’ll feel like wearing each day

women brush their hair before bed

watch a woman eat an ice cream cone and you’ll have a pretty good idea about how she’ll be in bed

women have better rest rooms. They get the nice chairs and red carpet

the average number of items in a typical woman’s bathroom is 437. a man would not be able to identify most of these items

women love cats. Men say they love cats, but when women aren’t looking, men kick cats

women love to talk on the phone. A woman can visit her girlfriend for two weeks, and upon returning home, she will call the same friend and they will talk for three hours

a woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, or get the mail

women will drive miles out of their way to avoid the possibility of getting lost using a shortcut

women do not want an honest answer to the question, ‘how do I look?’

PMS stands for: Permissible Man Slaughter. (or at least men think it means that. PMS also stands for Punish My Spouse)

The first naked man women see is ‘ken’

Women are insecure about their weight, butt and breast size

Women will male three left hand turns to avoid making one right hand turn

‘oh, nothing,’ has an entirely different meaning in woman language than it does in man language

women cannot use a map without turning the map to correspond to the direction that they are heading

all women are overweight by definition, don’t argue with them about it

all women are overweight by definition, don’t agree with them about it

if it is not Valentines Day, and you see a man in a flower shop, you can probably start up a conversation by asking, ‘what did you do?

Only women understand the reason for ‘guest towels and ‘good china’

Women can get out of speeding tickets by pouting. This will get men arrested

My new “fair” goldfish?

Posted by Tropical Gardener on Feb 27, 2010 under Bugs & Pests

Ok, so I won a pretty little goldfish at the fair last night. I named her/him Zipper after a particularly endorphin-inducing ride that we went on. Last night I put him in a small 1 qt bowl, but this morning I transferred him to my five gallon tank. I set the tank up this morning, so Its going to have to cycle with him in it. The tank has gravel on the bottom(red white and blue), a rock and two fake plants, does it need anything else? (Do NOT say more space, or gallons, I’m not buying a new tank just for this one fish from the fair. Can he eat Tetra-Min tropical fish flakes? If not, can I feed him bugs? Ants/spiders and such? He’s red and white, and I think that he is either a small Pond Comet, a fancy goldfish, or just a particularly nice-looking feeder goldfish. I’m going to another fair next weekend and I know that they are schooling fish, should I get him a buddy?
I have a filter that is intended for five gallon tanks, so I’m good there.