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Mea culpa

There is a quote circulating on Facebook that basically says that you are doing science wrong if you don’t make mistakes; that you are doing science really wrong if you don’t correct those mistakes; and that you aren’t doing it at all if you don’t accept that you’re mistaken.

Not only did I misidentify the midge, but it turns out that the darker spider is not a male zebra, it is actually a different species: Platycryptus (probably P. californicus). Sigh. I have re-edited my blog and corrected these mistakes.

I must be doing GREAT science!

Thanks very much for the help John, I acknowledged your assistance and referenced this forum in my blog.

It’s interesting that two very similar species, one introduced and one native, were feeding on the same prey within inches of one another. I wonder whether the two species avoid each other (given their great vision) or if one ever preys on the other?

Cheers,
EC
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