Saturday, 6 June 2020

In the vernacular


Hypomma bituberculatum

The old discussion about English Common Names has reared it's head again. It goes like this: Latin binomials are not memorable to the general public and off-puttingly technical to casual observers. Spiders would be more popular if they had accessible common names like flowers, birds, dragonflies and moths. Wouldn't you like to spend an afternoon in a beautiful water meadow with Swallows buzzing around your ears, head down looking for the Wrinkly-Arsed Marsh Knobhead?

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