Comments on: Is jellyfish? http://gabriolan.ca/2009/05/29/is-jellyfish/ Gabriola Island blog Thu, 17 May 2012 16:25:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Gabriolan http://gabriolan.ca/2009/05/29/is-jellyfish/#comment-2882 Gabriolan Mon, 08 Jun 2009 01:02:19 +0000 http://gabriolan.ca/?p=3090#comment-2882 Thanks, Cheryl! That's awfully sweet of you to do all that hunting around. I'll go look at some moon jellyfish photos and see if any look like the jellyfish I saw. Thanks, Cheryl! That’s awfully sweet of you to do all that hunting around. I’ll go look at some moon jellyfish photos and see if any look like the jellyfish I saw.

]]> By: cheryl http://gabriolan.ca/2009/05/29/is-jellyfish/#comment-2874 cheryl Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:40:21 +0000 http://gabriolan.ca/?p=3090#comment-2874 I looked at over 300 pictures of jellyfish on the net and the closest that game to your jellyfish was the moon jellyfish. Though yours looks like a star in the center and the moon has four pink loops. I'm thinking it may because it's laying flat on the sand. Sorry I couldn't come any closer to finding yours. My eyes started to see double after looking at so many pictures. I looked at over 300 pictures of jellyfish on the net and the closest that game to your jellyfish was the moon jellyfish. Though yours looks like a star in the center and the moon has four pink loops. I’m thinking it may because it’s laying flat on the sand. Sorry I couldn’t come any closer to finding yours. My eyes started to see double after looking at so many pictures.

]]> By: Gabriolan http://gabriolan.ca/2009/05/29/is-jellyfish/#comment-2847 Gabriolan Sun, 07 Jun 2009 03:00:18 +0000 http://gabriolan.ca/?p=3090#comment-2847 Annah, if 12 people are sitting around on the deck, I'm the one who will get the most mosquito bites, so I think it's more than being in the woods - alas! When I'm in the woods I try to make sure that I'm all covered up except for my face and hands. Annah, if 12 people are sitting around on the deck, I’m the one who will get the most mosquito bites, so I think it’s more than being in the woods – alas! When I’m in the woods I try to make sure that I’m all covered up except for my face and hands.

]]> By: Annah http://gabriolan.ca/2009/05/29/is-jellyfish/#comment-2845 Annah Sun, 07 Jun 2009 00:49:19 +0000 http://gabriolan.ca/?p=3090#comment-2845 You probably have so many bites because you are always in the woods, and thats mosquito heaven... You probably have so many bites because you are always in the woods, and thats mosquito heaven…

]]> By: Gabriolan http://gabriolan.ca/2009/05/29/is-jellyfish/#comment-2830 Gabriolan Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:51:28 +0000 http://gabriolan.ca/?p=3090#comment-2830 People who've lived elsewhere tell me that we've got it easy here as far as bugs go. I try to remember that as I count the 27 mosquito bites I got in one afternoon. Mosquitoes leave my beloved alone, for the most part. But me? They think I'm a gourmet meal, so I get lots of bites. So, bug-free? Not so much, but the bugs here probably aren't as bad as the bugs you're dealing with. People who’ve lived elsewhere tell me that we’ve got it easy here as far as bugs go. I try to remember that as I count the 27 mosquito bites I got in one afternoon.

Mosquitoes leave my beloved alone, for the most part. But me? They think I’m a gourmet meal, so I get lots of bites.

So, bug-free? Not so much, but the bugs here probably aren’t as bad as the bugs you’re dealing with.

]]> By: Andrea http://gabriolan.ca/2009/05/29/is-jellyfish/#comment-2829 Andrea Sat, 06 Jun 2009 17:04:29 +0000 http://gabriolan.ca/?p=3090#comment-2829 It's a jellyfish but I don't know the west coast ones well enough to recognize them from a photo. Since you spend a lot of time in the woods, I wanted to ask you, how bad are the biting bugs on Gabriola in the summer? I was there in May and there were none, but by the time I got home (east coast) the blackflies were in full force and the mosquitoes and no-see-ums were starting up. Does this happy bug-free status continue on the island? It’s a jellyfish but I don’t know the west coast ones well enough to recognize them from a photo.
Since you spend a lot of time in the woods, I wanted to ask you, how bad are the biting bugs on Gabriola in the summer? I was there in May and there were none, but by the time I got home (east coast) the blackflies were in full force and the mosquitoes and no-see-ums were starting up. Does this happy bug-free status continue on the island?

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