some kind of beetle? (it reminds me of a firefly) - Podabrus

Moved

Moved from Podabrus.

… v belov, 26 May, 2009 - 3:41am

Interesting! California type Podibrus!

And California is where I am.

But I am just interested in how it is differentiated from Podabrus pruinosus, such as the one Tim Moyer pointed to.

… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 2 June, 2009 - 7:06pm

Moved

Moved from Soldier Beetles.

… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 12 October, 2008 - 11:27pm

Podabrus s.l.

… v belov, 7 October, 2008 - 3:44pm

BTW what does * denote?

You guys use a lot of shorthand that I don't always have a good guess for.

I also wanted to add a comment that I am afraid that the color looks very bad. I should have said so originally! The surface that the beetle is on is yellow in color, and in the photo looks almost white! This sort of thing happens when I don't have the WB set properly. I can only guess that the beetle, in real life had a little more yellow, and so may have appeared a bit more orange.

… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 11 October, 2008 - 8:57pm

no shorthand :-]

i use '*' as a placeholder to keep the comment field filled when all i wanna say fits in the subject line [unless the comment field is filled, the note can't be posted]

… v belov, 11 October, 2008 - 9:55pm

Makes sense!

… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 12 October, 2008 - 8:39am

could you pls move your pic to the genus page?

… v belov, 12 October, 2008 - 12:52pm

Sure can!

In general, if some editor removes one of my photos and places it at a higher level, I assume it is to correct a mistake, but I have to say when a photo is moved without explanation I am not sure if it was even intended to be moved. Genus Podabrus appears to be correct, however, if not, someone will please let me know!

… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 12 October, 2008 - 11:26pm

Beetle with a traveling Jones!

Just notice that this guy has been moving around a lot. If it was mistakenly moved to the Podabrus pruinosus page would you mind commenting on what the problem with that identification is. I certainly appreciate any corrections!

… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 12 June, 2008 - 11:26pm

Moved

Moved from Soft-winged Flower Beetles.

… Boris Büche, 10 June, 2008 - 4:56am

Moved

Moved from Soldier Beetles.

… Boris Büche, 10 June, 2008 - 4:55am

Moved

Moved from Beetles.

… Boris Büche, 10 June, 2008 - 4:52am

Soldier Beetle! Thank yout!

Anything that eats aphids can't be all bad!

… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 20 April, 2008 - 12:23pm

Possible leatherwing....

I'm no expert on these but check in the guide under Genus Cantharis. If I identified it properly these beetles feed on aphids.

… michael marchiano, 18 April, 2008 - 2:07pm

similar to

looks very similar to

… Tim Moyer, 18 April, 2008 - 10:30pm