Your beetles are Cysteodemus armatus (Desert spider beetle). That is one cool job to have even with this heavy drought. I thought of Abbey as well.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/14860
dan
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- July 17th, 2014, 8:19 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: What's It Like Being A DTRNA Naturalist?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5399
- March 28th, 2014, 1:55 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: NM, AZ, FL, NC, CA, & TX - Shuffled
- Replies: 58
- Views: 38964
Re: NM, AZ, FL, NC, CA, & TX - Shuffled
I agree with you Jeff. I think many more people who frequent this forum do as well. It's hard to start such a debate on forums like these. People either jump down your throat or ignore you. Perhaps many of the encouraging and awed responses are from friends or acquaintances who perhaps know more abo...
- February 16th, 2014, 10:18 am
- Forum: Image Lab
- Topic: Anyone use the Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro Lens?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4013
Re: Anyone use the Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM Macro Lens
I use the version before this newest model. I have been using this lens for a decade. I have gone through three of them but this was my fault not the lens's and I went so far as to buy the one I have used on ebay as they do not produce the older model anymore. I have not used the newer version and d...
- January 27th, 2014, 10:58 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: SE Chapter member with a question about cholla wood
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2353
Re: SE Chapter member with a question about cholla wood
Just something to consider, I don't want to seem a downer and i know its "only" a piece or two, but the desert is a very different ecosystem from most in that it can take many many many times longer for recycling of natural elements and dispersal of nutrients to take place. More often than...
- December 4th, 2013, 8:25 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: If you were to go rediscover a Herp, which one would it be?
- Replies: 43
- Views: 18422
Re: If you were to go rediscover a Herp, which one would it
Too many to chose but i was always fascinated with Phelsuma edwardnewtoni because its relatives were so common and opportunistic. Also either Cylindraspis . And somewhat less realistically, but only because 100 million years stands in between its last breath and the others I chose, Sarcosuchus . I a...
- November 12th, 2013, 6:38 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: fox or black rat?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 10613
Re: fox or black rat?
boy that's a tough one. there are examples of black rats with as pronounced a pattern as this individual but jeez if you just showed me the head (I assume it is a Wisconsin animal) and no other portion of the body I would venture it is a fox.
- October 27th, 2013, 10:30 pm
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: Electric green Phasmid, Trilobite Beetle etc
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3666
Re: Electric green Phasmid, Trilobite Beetle etc
Awesome stuff Kurt, I enjoy everyone of your posts and even though this is a reptile forum I ALWAYS make sure to check out if you've posted anything new here. I appreciate the time you take to post so frequently, that trilobite is out of this world and I have certainly never seen a stick insect with...
- October 13th, 2013, 10:03 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: fun and frustratimg day with a cool find!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3746
Re: fun and frustratimg day with a cool find!
that is a very cool population of uta you have found. thanks for the pics, the male appears as if he is covered in stars. wonderful
dan
dan
- August 30th, 2013, 12:46 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Hognose? questionable photo
- Replies: 33
- Views: 10732
Re: Hognose? questionable photo
looks to me like a rat snake that is just starting to shed right then and there, the upturned portion of its face is just the skin beginning to slough off.
dan
dan
- August 20th, 2013, 12:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Successful Southeast AZ trip
- Replies: 57
- Views: 28277
Re: Successful Southeast AZ trip
Haha, I didn't talk to the guy but I did notice he was decked out in quite an outfit, sort of Irwinish, head to toe khaki. His car was not drivable, looked like the front axle bent quite a bit when they got it out, and I am sure it all cost him a pretty penny.
Dan
Dan
- August 20th, 2013, 10:28 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Successful Southeast AZ trip
- Replies: 57
- Views: 28277
Re: Successful Southeast AZ trip
Wow, you did great man. its obvious from the guy you saw whose truck was leaning off the road that we just missed each other. That was the first day of our trip and we were on our way up when some firefighters told us it could be awhile. We soon came upon the scene and waited about 20 minutes as the...
- July 25th, 2013, 10:38 pm
- Forum: Image Lab
- Topic: Making prints
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4030
- July 25th, 2013, 7:58 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Winter Herping Down Under
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2726
Re: Winter Herping Down Under
thanks for taking the time Stephen, I look forward to more of your adventures. By the way, a carnivorous marsupial followed by a Moloch is one hell of a 1-2 punch of eye candy, sweet stuff man.
Dan
Dan
- July 25th, 2013, 9:06 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Winter Herping Down Under
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2726
Re: Winter Herping Down Under
I can never get enough Australia, thanks for this. The Simpson appears to be such a unique environment. I especially love the canegrass dragon, are they sympatric with Strophurus elderi or are they found in different regions? Would it be possible to see the dragon during the day and the gecko at nig...
- June 13th, 2013, 11:36 pm
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: A few MN spring Tigers...
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1580
Re: A few MN spring Tigers...
I don't belong on facebook. How do I see the images otherwise?
dan
dan
- June 12th, 2013, 7:00 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: ... red touch yellow; makes 4 a happy fellow ...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1536
Re: ... red touch yellow; makes 4 a happy fellow ...
awesome to walk a coral and i for one don't care what the pics look like its the story and encounter i get the most joy out of. I recently walked my first ground snake and leafnose snake on the same camping trip. the ground snake was a lifer. i just find it is so much more exciting and memory making...
- June 9th, 2013, 10:52 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Cerbat action from a couple weeks ago
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2894
Re: Cerbat action from a couple weeks ago
A quick way i use to identify earless and zebras in photos at least with males is that the two bars on the side tend to be more toward the rear legs on earless and toward the front legs on zebras so with a quick second look i would identify your lizard as a zebra tail. If your quick to noose em ther...
- June 8th, 2013, 5:39 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Cerbat action from a couple weeks ago
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2894
Re: Cerbat action from a couple weeks ago
yes cerberus, about as west as they get. great find!
dan
dan
- June 8th, 2013, 5:31 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Cerbat action from a couple weeks ago
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2894
Re: Cerbat action from a couple weeks ago
great stuff, the cerbats are a pretty area for sure. your mojave is an AZ black. beautiful. gopher looks like deserticola but could very well have some affinis blood like you said its smack in the middle of where the two subs overlap. its good looking either way.
dan
dan
- May 31st, 2013, 8:16 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: A change of plans- no Lifers but still fun day out
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2621
Re: A change of plans- no Lifers but still fun day out
first dor labeled whipsnake sure looks like a pit, no? striped? i know they are somewhat regularly found in some cal locations, any doc'd in utah? great stuff and some beautiful wide open country. especially loved the bananna yucca shot and the leopard and utas. edit: eh, i guess the top half of bod...
- March 3rd, 2013, 11:50 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Poison Oak?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 4480
Re: Poison Oak?
This plant has never bothered me but does belong in the same family ( Anacardiaceae ) as cashews which can cause an allergic reaction to sensitive people. In fact most of that family is listed as mildly reactive (although curiously not laurel sumac) to people and a few are highly reactive including ...
- November 17th, 2012, 9:36 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Tibet 2012, part 1
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5419
Re: Tibet 2012, part 1
herping tibet! wow! i seventh the amolops, what a fantastic frog. im really diggin the nanorana shot too. thanks for getting this posted, we're losing amphibians at such a fanstastic rate i feel blessed just to get a glimpse of these through another's eyes.
Dan
Dan
- October 24th, 2012, 10:32 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Handful of shots from 2012. NV, AZ, CA.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5706
Re: Handful of shots from 2012. NV, AZ, CA.
George N. Jaquith, who carved his name on the cliff at High Rock Canyon in 1852, made it to California and later Oregon. He was killed on an expedition against some Bannock Indians in the Steen Mountains of Oregon in April 1867. Brenda Jaquith, a descendant, is a secretary at the University of San ...
- April 17th, 2012, 5:33 pm
- Forum: Invertebrate Forum
- Topic: A few catepillar IDs needed
- Replies: 2
- Views: 886
Re: A few catepillar IDs needed
Second one is Malacosoma disstria. That first one is real cool, maybe something related to sphinx or some innocuous moth. How large was it?
Dan
Dan
- March 4th, 2012, 7:54 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: RIP Jerry Feldner
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2562
Re: RIP Jerry Feldner
I never met Jerry, but he was one of the first knowledgeable herpers I ever conversed with as a kid. He was very kind to a 13yr old who had just moved across the country and was curious about the biodiversity of his new area. I still have some of the e-mails printed out and I am glad I do. I will ne...
- January 9th, 2012, 6:40 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Borneo Dispatches #21: Wallace's Flying Frog
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5617
Re: Borneo Dispatches #21: Wallace's Flying Frog
THE BEST. Thanks Hans. It's hard to top a Rhacophorus in the animal kingdom let alone the herpetological.
Dan
Dan
- November 16th, 2011, 7:40 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Mystery snake....
- Replies: 68
- Views: 13514
Re: Mystery snake....
I understand guys, I may have jumped the gun too. The internet is great for hasty conclusions. No hard feelings. Love me some fuzzy bigfoot pics, and the discussion that accompanies them. I also want to point out it I agree it would be the best possible ending if it was in fact a Coluber.
Dan
Dan
- November 16th, 2011, 7:07 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Mystery snake....
- Replies: 68
- Views: 13514
Re: Mystery snake....
I was just trying to help/be inquisitive, and throw out hypotheses. Didn't expect to be ridiculed. Sorry for my opinion.
Dan
Dan
- November 16th, 2011, 6:24 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Mystery snake....
- Replies: 68
- Views: 13514
Re: Mystery snake....
I zoomed in a bit on the second picture. Head looks Thamnophis to me. Thamnophis e. vagrans perhaps? They range over most of eastern AZ, and the variability of that particular Genus in general is no secret. Second guess, Salvadora .
Dan
Dan
- September 22nd, 2011, 7:38 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: The apex predator
- Replies: 25
- Views: 5575
Re: The apex predator
A perfect example of how alcohol and rattlesnakes don't mix. That inebriated squirrel learned a real life lesson there, haha. But in all seriousness, that's what I call a wildlife video! One of the best I have ever seen on this forum, and it debunked a serious myth about Crotalids. A great lesson fo...
- September 10th, 2011, 9:41 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Just a small post from Idaho
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8084
Re: Just a small post from Idaho
Cool, thanks DesertZone I am glad we cleared things up.
Dan
Dan
- September 10th, 2011, 9:20 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Just a small post from Idaho
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8084
Re: Just a small post from Idaho
Sorry, I did say "seemingly" selfish. I am not trying to pick a fight, and I may have inferred too much from a single sentence. My apologies. NOBODY should be out starting fires, and I know it is disappointing for your property to burn, especially if it is not a natural fire. In reference ...
- September 10th, 2011, 9:04 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Green Salamander Babies Hatching (revisited w/blue babies)
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5351
Re: Green Salamander Babies Hatching
Great stuff man. I am sincerely jealous. What a wonderful encounter. Life is amazing. Green Salamanders are super cool. Thanks for posting this, it is things like this that make all the frustrations in my life melt away for a few moments...
Dan
Dan
- September 8th, 2011, 7:41 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Just a small post from Idaho
- Replies: 22
- Views: 8084
Re: Just a small post from Idaho
Smoke from summer fires, don't believe what you hear about fires being good for habitat, for the most part they leave behind weeds and loss of wild plants and animals. I beg to differ. Fires are one of the most important ecological factors an ecosystem can experience. You do know, I assume, being a...
- September 3rd, 2011, 8:16 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Albino Butlers Garter & Case Closed
- Replies: 26
- Views: 5665
Re: Albino Butlers Garter & Case Closed
Wonderful Carl, thanks for posting such a comprehensive set of photos. Any idea who the predator is? More that one species? Any difference in the excavations? Coyote? Fox? Weasel? Badger? I know ya guys have Wisconsin Badgers What else you guys got up there in Wis?
Dan
Dan
- September 3rd, 2011, 8:08 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Ringtail Cats
- Replies: 131
- Views: 28192
Re: Ringtail Cats
Ring-tail hiding in a buddy's construction site here in Los Angeles County Topanga Canyon/Calabasas area. So there is another area for ya. Jonathan- I am curious as to where you saw the jaguarundi? In the US? I think that this is my best mammal find and it was the briefest glimpse of one in So. AZ. ...
- August 30th, 2011, 5:14 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Maliau Basin, Sabah, Malaysia. June 2011
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9959
Re: Maliau Basin, Sabah, Malaysia. June 2011
Moloch- Thanks for the reply with example photographs! Wonderful. I have seen swallowtail bird dropping mimic caterpillars, but never a butterfly, let alone a skipper. They are usually so quick and alert I wouldn't ever think the family needed such mimicry. I guess the spectacular diversity leads to...
- August 28th, 2011, 9:42 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Maliau Basin, Sabah, Malaysia. June 2011
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9959
Re: Maliau Basin, Sabah, Malaysia. June 2011
Fantastic. Beyond my expectations. Thanks once again so much for a glimpse of the magnificent diversity of the Malay Archipelago. What were the identifying characteristics between the two Athyma species? As for the Agatasa wonderful you got a decent shot even if its cropped. :beer: Here's Wallace's ...
- August 27th, 2011, 5:49 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Maliau Basin, Sabah, Malaysia. June 2011
- Replies: 28
- Views: 9959
Re: Maliau Basin, Sabah, Malaysia. June 2011
Wow. A beautiful post from an unbelievable part of the world. I don't know if you have ever read Wallace's account collecting through the area, but it brought back to me that narrative whilst reading yours. Thanks for posting this and I cannot wait for the Lepidoptera installment.
Dan
Dan
- August 4th, 2011, 11:19 am
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: NBorneo Snake ID Needed
- Replies: 27
- Views: 2971
Re: NBorneo Snake ID Needed
my vote is Kopstein's Bronzeback. Though this is purely off of internet image searches, as I have never been to Asia nor do I know much about the distributions and habits of the bronzeback clan. Would be interested to know exactly why the votes for cyanochloris are being tossed out there? Characteri...
- August 3rd, 2011, 12:04 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: unknown blind snake from Hong Kong Island
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5183
Re: unknown blind snake from Hong Kong Island
Anyone ever seen one in the blue? Perhaps it is about to shed? Just throwing it out there, I have only seen a few examples of the native desert species, but after seeing the side by side comparison shot from flikr the theory entered my mind. Could very well be a mutation too, just figure for such a ...
- July 12th, 2011, 2:15 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Backpacking in the Eastern Sierras
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2259
Re: Backpacking in the Eastern Sierras
very nice looks like a beautiful area, that first norpac is gorgeous im a sucker for those unicolor ones. Your horned lizards are all Phrynosoma blainvillii.
- June 2nd, 2011, 6:40 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Herping the holy land, Day 1, "No non vens snakes in Israel"
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8018
Re: Herping the holy land, Day 1, "No non vens snakes in Isr
Wow. Great stuff, and all in one day. I think that that Atractaspis is a first on the forum, although I can't clearly remember pre-crash stuff, tend to forget some things when you live hard as I do :beer: . Now that Saga ephippigera is surely a first, what an impressive insect I never knew of. Would...
- May 16th, 2011, 10:29 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Baja California - Spring 2011
- Replies: 28
- Views: 6496
Re: Baja California - Spring 2011
WOW. I had a crappy night, and I will have a crappy morning, but oh my oh my, my dreams will be sweet. Thank you for this, and stay away from jack in the crack
Dan
Dan
- May 14th, 2011, 1:56 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: birthday hike, ID help
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2390
Re: birthday hike, ID help
Uta stansburiana is your lizard in question. Sounds like a great way to spend a birthday. Nothing better than fresh air and wide open spaces imo.
Dan
Dan
- May 11th, 2011, 2:27 pm
- Forum: Herpetoculture Forum
- Topic: Aldabra Island Tortoises at the zoo today
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4062
Re: Aldabra Island Tortoises at the zoo today
hahaha, great stuff, I love the vocalizations. Male sulcata all the way. They don't call em spur thighs for nothing. Were there anymore sulcatas in the enclosure, or maybe in an enclosure next door and he dug and found his way into the aldabra enclosure? They are notoriously wonderful escape artists...
- April 30th, 2011, 8:01 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Worst California post ever?...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3050
Re: Worst California post ever?...
Great stuff those Sequoia are one of the wonders of the world to see in person. I agree on the chucks, only strictly vegetarian lizard in the U.S. and the second largest . Your Urosaurus is a female Uta. Love me some Uta variation. There is an unbelievable amount it...
Dan
Dan
- April 30th, 2011, 2:02 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Gambelia female
- Replies: 2
- Views: 761
Re: Gambelia female
Boy is she gorgeous, you captured the orange highlights wonderfully. By the way, she assumes those orange markings to let males know she is gravid, and from the looks of her she's about to lay the eggs of a future generation. Thanks for sharing.
Dan
Dan
- March 5th, 2011, 11:25 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Snake I.D. Needed and Todays fun
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4475
Re: Snake I.D. Needed and Todays fun
With all due respect to y'all, and considering where I think is what we all believe is the general area where these animals were found I just cannot fathom a mormon was found there. Plus, I think that even without a full body shot the pictures speak for themselves, even just considering girth. I als...
- March 5th, 2011, 5:34 pm
- Forum: The Forum
- Topic: Snake I.D. Needed and Todays fun
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4475
Re: Snake I.D. Needed and Todays fun
Agree with ross. A vibrant young Masticophis flagellum piceus ya got yourself there. Congrats on the blainvillii they are quickly disappearing all over the places I used to encounter them. The king is a real screamer as well, and everyone loves those giant playdough worms folks pass off for snakes. ...