Jules Poirier lectures in British Columbia

[scott at home.com]

In <amg39.REMOVETHIS-AAA43C.23363617092000 at newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>, WickedDyno <amg39.REMOVETHIS at cornell.edu.invalid> writes:
>In article <39c58d4f_1 at news1.prserv.net>, scott at home.com wrote:
>
>> In <amg39.REMOVETHIS-62773D.21591816092000 at newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>, 
>> WickedDyno <amg39.REMOVETHIS at cornell.edu.invalid> writes:
>> >In article <8q17he$45q$1 at nnrp1.deja.com>, jarofclay at my-deja.com wrote:
>> >
>> <snip>
>> >
>> >> 14.Describe one insect that was transitional between a non-flying
>> >> insect and a flying insect.
>> >
>> >A gliding insect.
>> >
>> Amazing!
>> 
>> So not only is flying a convergent feature,
>> but so is the actual transition from gliding
>> to flying.
>
>Yup.  It's just useful to not die when falling off something high,
>I guess.
>
Do insects sense height?



>> >> From what creatures did butterflies evolve?
>> >
>> >I don't know.
>> >
>> Some butterfly-like ancestor.
>
>Someone else indicated that it was probably a moth of some sort.
>
Or, more appropriately, something moth-like.


regards,

Scott