Long time no post. Ran out of camera batteries and was attempting to put my creativity to the thesis this week. Mosca is as yowly and love demanding as ever. I sit here looking at the return of the cold grey sky after 4 days of brilliant sunshine. And I have nothing new but the pictures of this nice weird beetle that made its way around the porch for three days. I dub it the "Greater Pojaque Ridgeback Beetle" if'n it is not named yet.
My kids found this bg, so I also was trying to ID it using the internet. I named it the ridgeback beetle, and found your site. Later I ID'ed it as a Wheel bug,
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the info! I think wheel bug is a terrible name. You and I had the right idea. Ridgeback beetle....
I have a story very much the same as Anonymous. I found this beautiful snouty, spikey bug and was trying to identify it through search engines. After several fails...I entered ridgeback beetle and found you and your bug.
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Thank you!!
Same here. My daughter wanted me to "google it" and my first try was "beetle ridge back" which brought me here. Wheel Bug... Looks more like a gear. Let's give it a third name: Steampunk Beetle!
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