http://www.bugshutterbug.com/?p=546 Insect macro photographer Kolby Kirk Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:09:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.bugshutterbug.com/?p=546&cpage=1#comment-249 Kolby Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:46:41 +0000 http://www.bugshutterbug.com/?p=546#comment-249 Thanks, Ted. It's a making more sense to me. I'm starting to see how a "hairy panther ant" or a "giant bull ant" are types of ants similar to how "pork" or "poultry" are types of meat. Thanks, Ted. It's a making more sense to me. I'm starting to see how a “hairy panther ant” or a “giant bull ant” are types of ants similar to how “pork” or “poultry” are types of meat.

]]> http://www.bugshutterbug.com/?p=546&cpage=1#comment-250 Beetles in the Bush Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:36:48 +0000 http://www.bugshutterbug.com/?p=546#comment-250 Kolby - I see even so-called "experts" doing this wrongly, but the rules for capitalizing common names are the same as for normal English - proper nouns and words leading off a sentence are capitalized, other words are not. Thus, to use your fake examples above, both common names should be spelled in lower case (unless leading a sentence). In the case of the giant bull ant, if the country of origin was added to the common name, it would be "Australian giant bull ant."<br>regards--ted Kolby – I see even so-called “experts” doing this wrongly, but the rules for capitalizing common names are the same as for normal English – proper nouns and words leading off a sentence are capitalized, other words are not. Thus, to use your fake examples above, both common names should be spelled in lower case (unless leading a sentence). In the case of the giant bull ant, if the country of origin was added to the common name, it would be “Australian giant bull ant.”
regards–ted

]]> http://www.bugshutterbug.com/?p=546&cpage=1#comment-128 kahunna Sun, 15 Mar 2009 18:46:41 +0000 http://www.bugshutterbug.com/?p=546#comment-128 Thanks, Ted. It's a making more sense to me. I'm starting to see how a "hairy panther ant" or a "giant bull ant" are types of ants similar to how "pork" or "poultry" are types of meat. Thanks, Ted. It's a making more sense to me. I'm starting to see how a “hairy panther ant” or a “giant bull ant” are types of ants similar to how “pork” or “poultry” are types of meat.

]]> http://www.bugshutterbug.com/?p=546&cpage=1#comment-127 Beetles in the Bush Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:36:48 +0000 http://www.bugshutterbug.com/?p=546#comment-127 Kolby - I see even so-called "experts" doing this wrongly, but the rules for capitalizing common names are the same as for normal English - proper nouns and words leading off a sentence are capitalized, other words are not. Thus, to use your fake examples above, both common names should be spelled in lower case (unless leading a sentence). In the case of the giant bull ant, if the country of origin was added to the common name, it would be "Australian giant bull ant."<br>regards--ted Kolby – I see even so-called “experts” doing this wrongly, but the rules for capitalizing common names are the same as for normal English – proper nouns and words leading off a sentence are capitalized, other words are not. Thus, to use your fake examples above, both common names should be spelled in lower case (unless leading a sentence). In the case of the giant bull ant, if the country of origin was added to the common name, it would be “Australian giant bull ant.”
regards–ted

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