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Crab Spiders (Family Thomisidae)Observer
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Crab Spider on Antelope Horns Milkweed with a captured Western Honeybee.
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Horned Spanworm Moth (Nematocampa resistaria)Observer
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Dangling by a silk thread from an oak tree.
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Red-lipped Green Lacewing (Chrysoperla rufilabris)Observer
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Not sure how this caterpillar came to be stuck to the hood of a vehicle (possibly from heavy rain) but there is a lacewing larva feeding on the caterpillar. See white arrow.
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Woolly Gray Moth (Lycia ypsilon)Observer
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Not sure how this caterpillar came to be stuck to the hood of a vehicle (possibly from heavy rain) but there is a lacewing larva feeding on the caterpillar. See white arrow.
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Owlet Moths and Allies (Superfamily Noctuoidea)Observer
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iNat is suggesting Genus Charadra. About an inch long.
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Common Digger Bees (Genus Anthophora)Observer
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Foraging in a patch of Obedient Plant (cultivated) blossoms then, clamping jaws on fence wire, while raking pollen on body.
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Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)Observer
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Resting at ground-level in sun.
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Trichopoda lanipesObserver
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Foraging on Antelope Horns Milkweed.
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Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus)Observer
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Foraging on Antelope Horns Milkweed.
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Pebble Bees (Genus Dianthidium)Observer
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Foraging on Zexmenia sp.
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Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio)Observer
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Adult male Screech Owl. He is on this same twig every day. This is the same owl in both photos. He can go from short and square when at rest, to tall and skinny when disturbed. His mate is in a nest box about ten feet away. I can see the female, in the nest box, on a video feed.
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Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)Observer
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Hanging out with an adult male Blue Grosbeak.
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Digger Bees (Tribe Anthophorini)Observer
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Had been working in a patch of Obediant Plant blossoms. Rested on this fence wire to "preen". Hoping to get better photos in coming days.
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Genus TetragnathaObserver
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Suspended in webbing about six inches above ground.
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Big-headed Flies (Family Pipunculidae)Observer
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Mating. They stayed in this hover for about a minute.
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Harmostes reflexulusObserver
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iNat suggests Genus Harmostes.
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Observer
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Large female. Faded, with a bit of wing damage. Nectaring on Prairie Verbena.
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Checkered White (Pontia protodice)Observer
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Seemed to be puddling on a patch of damp soil.
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Bramble Mason Wasp (Ancistrocerus adiabatus)Observer
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Was on the ground, scratching at the dry soil. Seems to have yellow pollen on it's thorax.
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Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)Observer
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This mature female squirrel as two offspring that are hanging out with her in the yard. Her "teenagers" are about 5 months old. One female, one male.
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Striped Sweat Bees (Genus Agapostemon)Observer
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Foraging on Lyre-leaf Sage.
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Orange-crowned Warbler (Leiothlypis celata)Observer
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Bathing
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Lincoln's Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)Observer
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Approaching a birdbath.
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Yellow-tipped Soldier Beetle (Malthinus occipitalis)Observer
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Tiny, at only 3-4 mm long. iNat suggests Genus Malthinus.
