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Subfamily PompilinaeObserver
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Very long hind legs. Blue black body and wings. In tall grass during rainy week. Oak Point Nature Preserve.
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Eggplant Leafroller Moth (Lineodes integra)Observer
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Less than 1/2 inch wingspan I'd say. Curled abdomen really confused me!
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Eggplant Leafroller Moth (Lineodes integra)Observer
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Spotted on my front door as I was leaving for work without a good camera. Plume moth of some type?
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Gulf Fritillary (Dione vanillae)Observer
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Chrysalis at Arbor Hills Nature Preserve, Plano TX
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Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)Observer
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McIntosh Lake in Longmont, CO
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Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)Observer
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Is this a grebe? Cute little diving duck.
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Subfamily EnnominaeObserver
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I need ID help, please. This moth was less than 3/4 nose to wingtip.
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Neon Skimmer (Libellula croceipennis)Observer
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Gorgeous dragonfly when I stepped out the door to go to work. I can safely ID it as a good omen for the day!
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Turtles and Tortoises (Order Testudines)Observer
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I know the red-eared slider on the left. Then there is some kind of soft shell turtle. Then two more enjoying the sun at Rowlett Creek.
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Gulf Coast Toad (Incilius nebulifer)Observer
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When I lifted a rotting stump I found this toady sitting happily in soggy darkness.
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Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simplicicollis)Observer
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My dragonfly ID guide is at the office, and I am not, thank heaven!
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Lanceleaf Frogfruit (Phyla lanceolata)Observer
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I was watching the little butterfly, but realized the flowers looked like Jim-Botany's observation http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/1863925
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Promachus hineiObserver
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One of those insects that looks like a Dr. Seuss creation!
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)Observer
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Watched this gorgeous swallowtail feeding in the wind near the Oak Point lake. All the photos are the same butterfly, but I'm confused. Is it a Spicebush, an Eastern Black Swallowtail, or the dimorphic coloration of the female Tiger Swallowtail? Also, what is the food plant?
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Spined Micrathena (Micrathena gracilis)Observer
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I'm thinking the webs I've never seen before might belong to the spider I've never seen before. I could be completely off base.
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Green Heron (Butorides virescens)Observer
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Second photo from 2015-5-20 shows orange legs during high breeding.