Comments on: New Beetle And Wasp Species Discovered In Dubai's Wadi Wurayah Protected Area http://www.greenprophet.com/2010/07/insects-wadi-wurayah-dubai/ A sustainable news site on the Middle East Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:51:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lexi http://www.greenprophet.com/2010/07/insects-wadi-wurayah-dubai/#comment-8149 Lexi Wed, 04 Aug 2010 15:36:32 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=25408#comment-8149 Quite a lot of scientists in the Uk are really trying to understand the effects of climate change on the wasp population, in particular Januarys freezing temperatures. UKWaspWatch utilises a bespoke-built application that combines elements of Twitter’s API and the Google Maps API to plot the locations of wasp sightings onto an interactive map by people tweeting when they see a wasp and the severity (on a 1-10 scale from a single wasp sighting to a sting to a large nest). Might be a good idea to get one up and running in Dubai too. have a look though its really quite clever ‘#UKWaspWatch’, Quite a lot of scientists in the Uk are really trying to understand the effects of climate change on the wasp population, in particular Januarys freezing temperatures. UKWaspWatch utilises a bespoke-built application that combines elements of Twitter’s API and the Google Maps API to plot the locations of wasp sightings onto an interactive map by people tweeting when they see a wasp and the severity (on a 1-10 scale from a single wasp sighting to a sting to a large nest). Might be a good idea to get one up and running in Dubai too. have a look though its really quite clever ‘#UKWaspWatch’,

]]> By: Aviva Weisgal http://www.greenprophet.com/2010/07/insects-wadi-wurayah-dubai/#comment-7920 Aviva Weisgal Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:16:30 +0000 http://www.greenprophet.com/?p=25408#comment-7920 Well of course they are important, a part of the food chain, and were seen as a link to the sun in ancient times... This, from Ancient Egypt Meaning: It seemed to the ancient Egyptians that the young scarab beetles emerged spontaneously from the burrow were they were born. Therefore they were worshipped as "Khepera", which means "he was came forth." This creative aspect of the scarab was associated with the creator god Atum...for more go to: http://www.egyptianmyths.net/scarab.htm Well of course they are important, a part of the food chain, and were seen as a link to the sun in ancient times…

This, from Ancient Egypt Meaning: It seemed to the ancient Egyptians that the young scarab beetles emerged spontaneously from the burrow were they were born. Therefore they were worshipped as “Khepera”, which means “he was came forth.” This creative aspect of the scarab was associated with the creator god Atum…for more go to: http://www.egyptianmyths.net/scarab.htm

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