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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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Flower with large inflorescence, will wilt quickly if uprooted.
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Pyramid Ants (Genus Dorymyrmex)Observer
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Brown ant found along garden.
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Trans-pecos Ratsnake (Bogertophis subocularis)Observer
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Common rat snake found on a late night herping trip.
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Domestic Cat (Felis catus)Observer
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Common feline, domestic house cat.
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Cockroaches and Termites (Order Blattodea)Observer
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Medium sized moth, brown.
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Typical Spiders (Suborder Araneomorphae)Observer
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Spider eating captured moth
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Solifuges (Order Solifugae)Observer
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Tiny spider found in the desert, under a rock.
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Tribe GrylliniObserver
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Common cricket throughout U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
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Plant Bugs (Family Miridae)Observer
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Tiny beetle found among leaves, frequently found eating leaves from gardens.
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
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On a mustard weed.
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Tribe GrylliniObserver
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reoccurrence Small cricket. Common through Texas.
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
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Tiny moth commonly seen giving around lights.
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Observer
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A plant that looks like a rock, is actually a cactus. It's native to chihuahuan and sanoran desert.
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Subgenus EleodesObserver
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Eleodes obscurus is a common black beetle in southwest texas and mexico, it sprays a noxious compound earning its name stink bug.
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Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs (Family Pieridae)Observer
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two butterflies near the garden, they are courting each other.
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Roundtail Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma modestum)Observer
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Native to Texas it's common name is the round tailed horned lizard.
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Brush-footed Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae)Observer
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butterfly seen at indio ranch in Texas among a wetland
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Stansbury's Cliffrose (Purshia stansburyana)Observer
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Native to southwest and other region, the tiny white rose has stamens that can swell, also it is very fragrant.
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Tulip Pricklypear (Opuntia camanchica)Observer
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Opuntia englemanni also known as prickly pear. Family cactacrae, has prickles, abundant. It's shape gives it noticeable shape.
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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
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A bee in the southwest desert.
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New Mexico Rainbow Cactus (Echinocereus dasyacanthus ssp. dasyacanthus)Observer
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Rainbow hedgehog cactus. Colorful, appears rainbow like, large flowers.
