Diptera for sure, seems like some sort of midge.

Inaturalist computer vision suggested Axarus festivus but I don't think this group would be reliably IDed.

I have never seen any rutulus that look like canadensis in Colorado and I think rutulus has only one flight here and most of the interior west. Probably the only place with multiple flights is lowland california.

One more separated population of rutulus is the sky islands in SE Arizona. The black ...

It's worth noting that this is a list "California Terrestrial and Vernal Pool Invertebrates of Conservation Priority". It's not a list of legally protected species (although it includes a few that are) - but a list of species that would benefit from some conservation protection. You don't have to ...

I'm might not be up to date on the latest info but the pdf linked below is a list of species that can't be taken without a permit and it is not short. But most species other than the monarch are quite local and won't be encountered without effort. So just make sure you can recognize the species ...

Aneflus paracalvatus from Pima co. Arizona
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Aneflus protensus from Pima co. Arizona
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Phymatodes sp. from Baker co. Oregon
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Methia sp. from Cochise co. Arizona
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Methia sp. from Pima Co. Arizona
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Poliaenus nuevoleonis from Cochise co. Arizona
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Interesting article on sampling bias.

Insect collecting bias in Arizona with a preliminary checklist of the beetles from the Sand Tank Mountains

https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/101960/element/2/8268698/

When I look at inaturalist data to try to get a more true view of how common things are in a ...

Mike, what books do you use to ID your beetles?


My favorite approach is to post them on iNaturalist and let other people ID them for me but that does not seem to work that fast for longhorns, it is usually fast for Buprestidae and tiger beetles though.

I tend to use a few different sources for ...

Valenus inornatus from Cochise Co. Arizona
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Tragosoma spiculum from Cochise Co. Arizona
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Eustromula validum from Pima Co. Arizona
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Eutrichillus neomexicanus from Sierra Co. New Mexico
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Megasemum asperum from Sierra Co. New Mexico
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Sternidius imitans from Santa Cruz Co ...

Trichocanonura linearis from Santa Cruz Co. Arizona
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Osmidus guttatus from Santa Cruz Co. Arizona
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Oeme rigida from Otero Co. Colorado
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bandrow wrote: Sun Aug 18, 2024 12:32 am Double-check your Enaphalodes atomarius - I believe this is actually Enaphalodes cortiphagus.

What is the best way to tell cortiphagus and atomarius apart? I had a hard time being certain on these.

Obrium constricticolle from Santa Cruz Co. Arizona
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Anelaphus subdepressus from Pima Co. Arizona
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Anelaphus magnipunctatus from Cochise Co ...

Neoclytus irroratus sp. from Cochise Co. Arizona
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Derobrachus hovorei from Cochise Co. Arizona
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Derobrachus geminatus from Cochise Co. Arizona ...

Eburia linsley from Cochise Co. Arizona
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Susuacanga falli from Pima Co. Arizona
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Malacopterus tenellus from Pima Co. Arizona
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Enaphalodes atomaris from Sierra Co. NM
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Enaphalodes seminitidus from Pima Co. Arizona
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Enaphalodes hispicornis from Coshise Co. Arizona
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Rosalia funebris - I hope to eventually find one of these. :)


I feel pretty lucky to have found it, just spotted on a log while out looking around. Then I saw several more on the same log so it must have been an emergence event.

I also found this lighting in the same area which was new to me ...

I actively blacklight which accounts for most but a few were from sweeping or just randomly seeing something while out and about.

Malobidion brunneum from Sierra Co. New Mexico
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Atimia huachuae from Sierra Co. New Mexico
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Moneilema armatum from Harding Co. New Mexico
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Here are some new to me longhorns from 2024, ID corrections welcome.

Strangalia sexnotana from Torrance Co. New Mexico
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Tetraopes discoideus from Torrance Co. New Mexico
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