Blue Legs!
Sep 20, 2019 15:09:29 #
A little more than an inch and a half long, he’s commonly called a Jewel Beetle or less often, a Blue-legged Wood Borer and less often still, Lampetis webbii. Photographed in central Arizona at about 3500 feet in oak-juniper scrub. Nikon D-810, AF Micro Nikkor 200mm f4.
Sep 20, 2019 15:54:09 #
Beautiful shots of a very interesting bug, Optic. Oddly colored for sure.
Sep 20, 2019 17:49:25 #
Sep 20, 2019 17:49:48 #
Thanks Donna:
I spend a lot of time outdoors hereabouts and lots more before I got here fifteen years ago --prior to yesterday, I had never seen this beetle anywhere. However, without any particular comment, a local entomologist ID'd him right away. So exciting as he was to me at the moment, he's apparently not remarkably rare.
I spend a lot of time outdoors hereabouts and lots more before I got here fifteen years ago --prior to yesterday, I had never seen this beetle anywhere. However, without any particular comment, a local entomologist ID'd him right away. So exciting as he was to me at the moment, he's apparently not remarkably rare.
Sep 20, 2019 17:51:09 #
Sep 20, 2019 18:39:43 #
optic wrote:
Thanks Donna:
I spend a lot of time outdoors hereabouts and lots more before I got here fifteen years ago --prior to yesterday, I had never seen this beetle anywhere. However, without any particular comment, a local entomologist ID'd him right away. So exciting as he was to me at the moment, he's apparently not remarkably rare.
I spend a lot of time outdoors hereabouts and lots more before I got here fifteen years ago --prior to yesterday, I had never seen this beetle anywhere. However, without any particular comment, a local entomologist ID'd him right away. So exciting as he was to me at the moment, he's apparently not remarkably rare.
Sep 20, 2019 19:19:50 #
Sep 20, 2019 19:21:00 #
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