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Agriculture
PRESS Wednesday, May 14,2014
Master Naturalist by Mary Ann Melton
Tarantula mating season approaching
Tarantula
While many people have
a fear of spiders, most are
harmless and beneficial. The
tarantula is one of the largest
spiders and is the heaviest
by weight in Texas. While
the large size and hairiness
makes tarantulas seem scary,
their bite is not usually seri-
ous to humans. The venom
has no medical significance.
The bite is similar to that of
bee sting causing only mild
to moderate paint and slight
swelling. Chances of getting
bitten by a tarantula are
small. When disturbed, taran-
tulas move to face the threat,
rising up on their hind legs
and threaten with their front
legs. They may also brush the
top of their abdomen with
their hind legs to dislodge
urticating hairs. Urticating
means capable of producing
allergic or irritating reactions
to eyes or skin. Fourteen spe-
cies live in Texas but iden-
tification between species
is difficult requiring mature
males, a microscope, and
experience.
Tarantulas are arachnids
with two major body parts,
the cephalothorax and the
abdomen. The cephalotho-
rax holds the brain, stomach,
poison glands and the eyes.
The fangs and pedipalps
are attached to it as well.
Tarantulas have eight eyes,
but their sense of touch is
stronger than their sight. The
hairs on the front legs help
them sense the motion of
their prey.
Tarantulas live through-
out Texas and are commonly
found in grasslands and semi-
open areas. They shelter in
burrows, cavities under logs
or stones or spaces under
the loose bark of tree trunks
as shelters. Sometimes they
dig their own burrows. They
line the shelter with webbing
with a few lines of silk on
the ground to detect prey.
They wait in the burrow for
their prey to pass by, but they
also move out of the burrow
to forage. They eat crickets,
June beetles, ground bee-
tles, grasshoppers, cicadas,
and caterpillars. To eat their
prey, they insert their fangs
and suck the insides of the
animal discarding the exo-
skeleton.
For a few weeks each
summer, the males actively
wander seeking females.
Sometimes hundreds of males
are seen during this quest for
romance. Tarantula females
lay between 100 to 1,00 eggs
in a hammock like web. The
egg sac stays in the burrow
guarded by the female. The
eggs hatch 45-60 days later
in July. After leaving the egg
sac, the spiderlings stay with
the female for 3-6 days.
In the molt process, taran-
tulas shed their external skel-
eton and also replace some of
their internal organs. After
the final molt, the male taran-
tulas will be darker in color.
Males are longer and slim-
mer than females and have
smaller abdomens.
Females live longer than
the males. In captivity, the
females have lived over 25
years while the males rare-
ly survive more than two to
three months after maturity.
Female tarantulas can make
good pets. You can purchase
crickets at a pet store to feed
them or you can catch grass-
hoppers, beetles and moths.
Don’t use earwigs or chafer
beetles of insects that may
have been sprayed with pes-
ticides.
GroGenesis commences AgraBurst Field tests
Springville, TN~ GroGenesis, Inc.,
GROG 0.00% (“GroGenesis” or the
“Company”), rights holders and man-
ufacturers of AgraBurst, an innova-
tive liquid plant growth enhancement
product, is very pleased to announce
it has entered into an agreement
with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Service (“AgriLife”) a member of
the Texas A&M University System
(“TAMUS”), an agency of the State
of Texas, to undertake a two-year
field study regarding the efficacy of
AgraBurst.
The trials will be conducted on both
corn and cotton at each of two loca-
tions, the Stiles Farm Foundation near
Thrall, Texas, and the Texas A&M
University Impact Farm near College
Station, Texas. Regionally appropriate
hybrids/cultivars of cotton and corn
will be selected and planted at both
locations. Individual treatment sched-
ules for each crop have been deter-
mined and will be rigorously adhered
to.
Composite soil samples will be col-
lected pre-treatment and following
harvest and will be analyzed for pH,
conductivity, primary nutrients (nitro-
gen, phosphorus, potassium), second-
ary nutrients (calcium, magnesium,
sulfur), micronutrients (copper, iron,
manganese, zinc), and gravimetric soil
water content. In addition, the environ-
mental parameters of air temperature,
relative humidity, and wind speed will
be recorded at the time of each foliar
treatment application.
In-season data collection will include
emergence/stand counts at approxi-
mately 10 and 18 days post-emergence.
Plots will be harvested mechanically
or by hand. For corn, yield and bushel
weights will be determined. For cot-
ton, yield, percent turnout, and fiber
quality will be determined. An annual
report summarizing first-year results
will be developed and submitted by
December 15, 2014 with a final report
summarizing results for both years of
the study developed and submitted to
GroGenesis by December 15, 2015.
Company CEO Joe Fewer com-
ments, “We are extremely pleased to
have the services of the AgriLife team
undertaking this very important study.
We’d like to thank the co-project lead-
ers Dr. Mark L. McFarland, Dr. Gaylon
D. Morgan, Dr. Ronnie W. Schnell,
Dr. Dennis L. Coker, and Mr. Dale A.
Mott who all are acknowledged agri-
cultural specialists. We look forward
to what we believe will greatly aid our
quest for definitive crop application
data that we can extrapolate across
a variety of crops and conditions rel-
evant to increasing global agricultural
demands.”
Additional details of the Company’s
business, finances, appointments and
agreements can be found in its cur-
rent report dated February 10, 2013,
which forms part of the Company’s
continuous public disclosure as a
reporting issuer with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
available at www.sec.gov.
About GroGenesis, Inc. GROG
0.00% GroGenesis aims to become
a leading producer of natural plant
growth enhancement technolo-
gies. The Company’s flagship prod-
uct ‘AgraBurst’ is neither a fertilizer
nor herbicide. The product is a plant
growth technology blended from pro-
cessed extracts of natural plant materi-
als that directly improves the positive
effects of commercial fertilizers and
available nutrients. Find out more at
www.grogenesis.com.
Cautionary Language Concerning
Forward-Looking Statements:
Information set forth in this
press release contains forward-look-
ing statements that are subject to
risks and uncertainties, and actual
results might differ materially. A dis-
cussion of factors that may affect
future results is contained in the
GroGenesis filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission available
at: www.sec.gov . GroGenesis dis-
claims any obligation to update and
revise statements contained in this
news release based on new informa-
tion or otherwise.
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Wade, Dennis. Taylor Press (Taylor, Tex.), Vol. 101, No. 53, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 14, 2014, newspaper, May 14, 2014; Taylor, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth759744/m1/13/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taylor Public Library.