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Twice-stabbed Lady Beetles (Genus Chilocorus)Observer
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bug was resting on a chair in the outside dining area of the restaurant in Portal, AZ. Time was early evening
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Greater Bee Flies (Genus Bombylius)Observer
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A very small fly with a nasty looking sharp non-retracting 'spear" protruding from his mouth.
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Wing-tapping Cicadas (Genus Platypedia)Observer
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Found along the South fork Cave Creek Trail in Cave Creek, Az
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Darkling Beetles and Allies (Superfamily Tenebrionoidea)Observer
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A black beetle with rounded rear,smooth body
1/4 inch.
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Black-fronted Forktail (Ischnura denticollis)Observer
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In pond in Nature Garden
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Common Green Darner (Anax junius)Observer
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exoskeleton on reed of pond in Nature Garden
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Weevil Wasps and Allies (Tribe Cercerini)Observer
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feeding in the nature garden
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Apine Bees (Subfamily Apinae)Observer
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The bee is feeding on the flower stalk of a California buckwheat. It is only about
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Oak Gall waspObserver
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a green still soft "apple" on an oak tree of about 5 years of age.
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Genus ApantesisObserver
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NW corner lot of Stocker and La Brea; combination of recently restored sage scrub/chaparral and mixed invasive weeds. as well as sycamore trees.
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Western Calligrapher (Toxomerus occidentalis)Observer
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I think it is a flower fly, quite small, less than 10 mm.