Gossamer Tapestry

Reflections on conservation, butterflies, and ecology in the nation's heartland

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Begin Year V

I can't believe that it's the anniversary of this blog again (well, it will be in about an hour), and that I've been at it for 4 years. To celebrate, I'm posting pictures of two beautiful beetles that I photographed in Arizona a couple of weeks ago.


Chrysina gloriosa

Chrysina beyeri
You gotta love a beetle with purple legs

Both of these beetles were attracted to the lights around my cabin in Madera Canyon/ They were still on the tree when I got up the next morning.

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14 Comments:

At 23:05, Blogger Homer said...

Happy Blogday youngster

 
At 23:15, Blogger Ted C. MacRae said...

Four years is an impressive milestone - congratulations.

And those are two bootiful beetles!

 
At 23:22, Blogger Ur-spo said...

Happy Blog day - may there be many many more

PS - where is my royalty cheque?

 
At 23:51, Blogger Birdernaturalist said...

I love these beetles. Maybe you can ID the beetles on my next blog post, including what I thought must be a Chrysina.

 
At 00:44, Blogger wcs said...

Congratulations! Here's to many more!

 
At 02:49, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Congratulations on reaching 4 years Doug and you don't look a day older, (well, not many anyway).

 
At 22:49, Blogger June said...

Fantastic bugs! And major congrats on your anniversary.

 
At 23:19, Blogger rodger said...

Doug...the blogosphere is a much wiser place thanks to your presence and knowledge.

Many of us have been lucky enough to meet you, and better yet, to call you "friend" which has made all our lives richer.

Here's to 5 more and 5 more and...

Congratulations my friend!

 
At 23:21, Blogger rodger said...

Obviously you haven't help to improve my math...

Here's to 4 more and 4 more and...

(heh, heh)

 
At 15:03, Blogger R.Powers said...

Happy blogday BugDoug!

 
At 16:39, Anonymous Margarethe said...

Congrats!
And isn't Madera special?

I just got to your blog via a comment you made at Ted's blog about Willcox Playa. We were just there, not the best array of Tigers ever, but still a great day - we'll go back for more soon, it's still raining a lot. http://arizonabeetlesbugsbirdsandmore.blogspot.com/2010/08/nothing-is-what-it-seems-at-willcox.html

 
At 18:58, Blogger Dave Coulter said...

Congratulations!!!

 
At 17:49, Blogger Will said...

I'm late with this, but happy four years and two days anniversary!

 
At 01:52, Blogger Jeannette StG said...

Congrats, older brother! Mine is only one and a half years old:)

 

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