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Bolbocerastes imperialis
Photo#207461
Copyright © 2008
margarethe brummermann
Bolbocerastes imperialis
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Picture Rocks, NW of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
July 28, 2008
Size: 14 mm
He's back, and this year I've got a better camera, so maybe frass the others that do not have comments?
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Contributed by
margarethe brummermann
on 29 July, 2008 - 11:54am
Last updated 20 August, 2009 - 9:07pm
Moved
Moved from
Bolbocerastes
.
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margarethe brummermann
, 20 August, 2009 - 9:07pm
Margarethe, I was admiring some of your work...
and notice you titled this image as
Bolbocerastes imperialis
. I created the the species page for
Bolbocerastes imperialis
. I don't know if you were positive about the identity so I will let you move it if it needs to be moved.
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Ron M.
, 29 September, 2008 - 9:19pm
I've shown this guy to Bill Warner
and he thinks that our ID is very likely correct
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margarethe brummermann
, 20 August, 2009 - 9:07pm
Thank you very much, Ron
If you look at Phillip's comments to
you'll see that it's not 100% sure. It's still betweentwo species and I'm planning to compare my specimen to the ones of the UoA collection this winter.
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margarethe brummermann
, 30 September, 2008 - 12:26am
great
shooting on the white background works really well.
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Phillip Harpootlian
, 29 July, 2008 - 4:02pm
I'm trying
to 'collect' Arizona beetles this way and maybe publish somehow - perhaps just as a web site.
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margarethe brummermann
, 29 July, 2008 - 4:23pm
I would love that!
I have been waiting for a "comprehensive" Arizona beetle book or web site for years. Even if it were primarily photographs, it would be a great thing to have out there.
Robyn
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Robyn Judith Waayers
, 6 August, 2008 - 1:53pm
Comprehensive sounds
way tooooo ambicious. But I've taken several hundred IDed photos (many thanks to the bugguide) within two years, so there will be many species depicted if I keep adding for a while.
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margarethe brummermann
, 6 August, 2008 - 6:27pm