10 Responses to Who am I?

1. maggie says:

   February 16, 2010 at 7:44 AM

   As a very amateur amateur, I’m going to guess Cicindela theatina, Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes Tiger beetle, and will probably be terribly wrong.

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2. Kent says:

   February 16, 2010 at 9:32 AM

   These are very good questions. Every morning one should ask these questions and then do their very best. I like to add: and what am I going to do about it? to my morning affirmations. That is a great beetle photo by the way. Keep up the good work,

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3. TGIQ says:

   February 16, 2010 at 8:38 PM

   Cicindela togana

   Saline shorelines, salt marshes/flats; salty wet places 🙂

   Um…other salty-liking creatures?

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   • TGIQ says:

     February 16, 2010 at 8:41 PM

     Oh, these guys! 🙂

     Cicindela fulgida rumppii, exclusively in vegetated dry sand areas around the salt flats.
     Cicindela (Cicindelidia) nigrocoerulea, mostly 10-20m from the water’s edge, a few also in roadside habitat.
     Cicindela (Cicindelidia) punctulata chihuahuae, exclusively in roadside habitats.
     Cicindela (Cicindelidia) willistoni estancia, mostly along the water’s edge.
     Cylindera terricola cinctipennis, exclusively in dry grassy areas away from the water.
     Ellipsoptera nevadica, exclusively along the water’s edge.
     Habroscelimorpha circumpicta johnsoni, limited to roadside habitats and vegetated dry sand areas around the salt flats.

     I guess it’s properly called Eutona togana? Most records I found list it as Cicindela.

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4. Aaron says:

   February 16, 2010 at 9:16 PM

   I’m an amateur also, but I’ll give it a shot:

   1. Cicindela togata, White-cloaked Tiger Beetle.

   2. Salty and sandy places (vague enough?). I’m guessing Oklahoma for the photo?

   3. C. circumpicta, C. nevadica

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   • Aaron says:

     February 16, 2010 at 9:19 PM

     Great…I stop typing midway through my answer to watch the rest of LOST and TGIQ beats me to it!

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5. DougT says:

   February 16, 2010 at 10:46 PM

   I’ll agree with Aaron that TGIQ got to the right answer first. I’ll guess that this particular one was photographed on the road to nowhere.

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6. Ted C. MacRae says:

   February 17, 2010 at 1:08 AM

   I can’t believe nobody got the right answers. My name is Ted, I live in St. Louis, and I hang with other bug dudes like Chris, Rich, Kent…

   Oh, you thought I meant the beetle…

   🙂

   Lots of points to award here:

   • 5 points to Maggie for being the first to step up to the plate.
   • 5 points to Kent for such a quirky, made-me-laugh answer.
   • 10 points to TGIQ for going down the right track before anyone else. Bonus points for details on the presumed associates.
   • 10 points to Aaron for nailing the true locality (the hardest of the three questions).
   • A pat on the back to Doug for agreeing with someone who got points 🙂

   The “official” answers:

   1. 1. Eunota togata globicollis (Alkali Tiger Beetle)
   2. 2. Central and southern Great Plains (photo taken at Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma).
   3. 3. Cicindela fulgida, Ellipsoptera nevadica knausii, Habroscelimorpha circumpicta johnsonii, et al.

   Details forthcoming…

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7. jason says:

   February 17, 2010 at 8:07 AM

   See, I had all these answers–both sets of answers in fact–but I decided to drink a beer instead of typing. One must have priorities!

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8. maggie says:

   February 17, 2010 at 11:44 AM

   yay, pity points!

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