They're Baaaack
Last night, Ted left a comment on one of my posts.
Rejoice - tiger beetle season is almost upon us!Ted's such a smart man:
Cicindela duodecimguttata
Bluff Spring Fen 11 April 2009
Bluff Spring Fen 11 April 2009
Labels: Bluff Spring Fen, Tiger Beetles
posted by Doug Taron @ 20:04
11 Comments:
Great photo, Doug. We don't see 12-spotted around here too much.
I'm getting ready for my annual birthday season-opener collecting trip - this year will be down to southeast Missouri to look for new localities for the scutellaris intergrades we've found down there. I hope to do some crossing with typical lecontei up in northeast Missouri using some rearing techniques I learned from Matt Brust.
Yes, tiger beetle season is upon us!
regards--ted
Great! I'm still under snow here, 95% coverage. I went to one of my tiger beetle havens and not still a foot of snow there. It's going to be a long time. Enjoy !
Kirk
Nice nice photo.
there is much rejoicing
Doug, any idea what these might be?
http://tullusaufidius.blogspot.com/2009/03/to-brazenly-invade-ones-privacy.html
Ted- I hope you blog about all that.
Kirk- A foot of snow still on the ground? Yikes, that's bad even for Maine.
lilianatel- Thanks.
Galicissa- I don't have references for a lot of tropical stuff- so I can't identify all the way to species or even to genus. What I can tell you is that it's a longhorn beetle (family Cerambycidae) from the flat-faced longhorn subfamily (subfamily Lamiinae).
Ringo is still my favorite.
Ah, Spring is in the air!
I have to agree with you Doug, he is a smart man and a helpful one too. :)
I got a photo of a beetle at Las Cienegas on Sunday near Empire Gulch. Could it be one? Do Tiger beetles have to have stripes?
Dave- I guess I'm too much of a traditionalist. It's always been John for me.
cedrorum- At long last
Joan- I agree
Kathie- No the markings are really variable from species to species. Post or send me a photo and I'll tell you what I think.
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