Comments on: 9 Spiders and the Stars They Were Named For

By: rebekah

rebekah — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 18:24:16 +0000

sweet

By: emaly

emaly — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:57:37 +0000

these r sooooooooooo gross

By: Johnny Wright

Johnny Wright — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:58:34 +0000

One of my favorite pieces you’ve done Miss C. Excellent.

By: Christina

Christina — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:50:06 +0000

Interesting. I never heard of a bolas spider.

By: jeremx

jeremx — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:00:50 +0000

Hyacinth & Miss Cellina.. Yeah, I caught that too. I was expecting to read of it being ironic, but as it appears to be a tribute, I guess not.

By: Tamsyn

Tamsyn — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:30:38 +0000

I think it’s hilarious that Gustavo Hormiga (“ant” in Spanish) studies spiders.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:14:31 +0000

Hyacinth, I wondered if anyone else besides me would think of that.

By: Hyacinth

Hyacinth — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:54:13 +0000

I find it interesting that a spider discovered in Alabama was named for Neil Young.

By: airy

airy — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:25:48 +0000

There’s a tick garylarsoni named for Far Side creator Gary Larson!

By: Ranger J

Ranger J — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:11:37 +0000

This is so cool! As a forester who has had to memorize hundreds of latin tree and plant names, I think this would make names a lot easier to remember.

I wonder how many plants and trees (if any) have been named after famous people. As a side note, I heard on CBC radio that John Cleese has a lemur named after him.