{"id":295,"date":"2015-07-01T23:12:21","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T23:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uni.hi.is\/kben\/?p=295"},"modified":"2015-07-27T21:54:29","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T21:54:29","slug":"elskum-kongulaernar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/kben\/2015\/07\/01\/elskum-kongulaernar\/","title":{"rendered":"Elskum k\u00f6ngul\u00e6rnar"},"content":{"rendered":"

$\"Araneus_diadematus\"$ <\/a>\u00de\u00e6r eru m\u00e6ttar utan \u00e1 h\u00fasi\u00f0 mitt. K\u00f6ngul\u00e6rnar. \u00deessi st\u00f3rmerkilegu d\u00fdr birtast \u00feegar sumari\u00f0 er komi\u00f0 \u00ed algleyming og vefa listaverk s\u00edn undir \u00feakskegg og stundum jafnvel utan \u00e1 glugga, m\u00e9r til \u00f3m\u00e6ldrar \u00e1n\u00e6gju. \u00dea\u00f0 er \u00e1kaflega gaman a\u00f0 fylgjast me\u00f0 snjallri og einbeittri krossk\u00f6ngul\u00f3 (Araneus diadematus)<\/a> spinna vef sinn utan vi\u00f0 r\u00fa\u00f0u. A\u00f0 \u00e9g tali n\u00fa ekki um a\u00f0 fylgjast me\u00f0 p\u00ednulitlum ungum<\/a> \u00ed tugatali st\u00edga s\u00edn fyrstu \u00e1ttf\u00e6tluskref \u00e1 h\u00fasveggnum. N\u00e1tt\u00faran er undursamleg, og \u00fea\u00f0 \u00fearf ekki a\u00f0 fara langt til a\u00f0 nj\u00f3ta hennar.<\/p>\n

Eitt sinn bj\u00f3 \u00e9g \u00ed \u00c1stral\u00edu. \u00cd \u00fev\u00ed g\u00f3\u00f0a landi er miki\u00f0 k\u00f6ngul\u00f3aval. \u00c9g j\u00e1ta a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6r voru mis-skemmtilegar \u00ed vi\u00f0kynningu. Rau\u00f0b\u00f6kurnar (Latrodectus hasseltii)<\/a> h\u00e9ldu til \u00ed gar\u00f0sk\u00farnum m\u00ednum. \u00dea\u00f0 var eins gott a\u00f0 halda s\u00e9r \u00ed h\u00e6filegri fjarl\u00e6g\u00f0 fr\u00e1 \u00feeim, \u00fev\u00ed stunga \u00feessara \u00e1ttf\u00e6ttu andf\u00e6tlinga er eitru\u00f0 \u00fe\u00f3tt sm\u00e1ar s\u00e9u \u00fe\u00e6r. Hins vegar eru \u00fe\u00e6r gullfallegar. \u00c1 stofuveggnum birtust hins vegar stundum st\u00f3rar hlussur af allt annarri tegund, huntsman (Holconia immanis)<\/a>. \u00de\u00f3tt \u00fe\u00e6r hef\u00f0u kannski ekki \u00fatliti\u00f0 me\u00f0 s\u00e9r voru \u00fe\u00e6r \u00e1g\u00e6tar \u00feegar ma\u00f0ur kynntist \u00feeim betur. Voru duglegar \u00ed a\u00f0 halda heimilinu lausu vi\u00f0 \u00fdmis skord\u00fdr, sem l\u00edka var n\u00f3g af \u00fearna \u00ed landinu undir ni\u00f0ri.<\/p>\n

En aftur til \u00cdslands. \u00d3skiljanlegur finnst m\u00e9r annar fylgifiskur hins reykv\u00edska sumars: Augl\u00fdsingar fr\u00e1 m\u00f6nnum sem vilja \u00f3lmir f\u00e1 a\u00f0 eitra fyrir blessu\u00f0um k\u00f6ngul\u00f3num! \u00de\u00e6r birtast um sama leyti og k\u00f6ngul\u00e6rnar. Greinilega er marka\u00f0ur fyrir svona laga\u00f0. En \u00fearna er margs a\u00f0 g\u00e6ta. \u00c1 sama t\u00edma og landsmenn kvarta h\u00e1st\u00f6fum yfir \u00fdmsum p\u00f6ddum, svo sem geitungum og n\u00fa s\u00ed\u00f0ast l\u00fasm\u00fdi<\/a>, er eitra\u00f0 fyrir k\u00f6ngul\u00f3m, sem gera engum nema flugum mein! Kannski hefur \u00fea\u00f0 f\u00f3lk sem heldur eiturbr\u00f6surunum uppi me\u00f0 vi\u00f0skiptum vi\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e1 ekki hugsa\u00f0 \u00feetta alveg til enda?<\/p>\n

Almennt finnst m\u00e9r afar \u00f3ge\u00f0felld tilhugsun a\u00f0 \u00fa\u00f0a eitri yfir h\u00fas og gar\u00f0a, af hva\u00f0a tilefni sem \u00fea\u00f0 kann a\u00f0 vera, en \u00feetta l\u00edtur \u00fat eins og hrein heimska \u00feegar k\u00f6ngul\u00e6r eru annars vegar. H\u00e6ttum \u00feessu eiturbixi og nj\u00f3tum sumarsins me\u00f0 k\u00f6ngul\u00f3num.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"