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Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens)Observer
sandralunaDescription
Don't know what it is. Is it a termite? Two days ago, I saw it flying around inside the house. I found it dead today.
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Great Desert Spoon (Dasylirion acrotrichum)Observer
sandralunaDescription
Not sure if this is an ixtle plant.
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
sandralunaDescription
Larvae of the butterfly that grows in the leaves of some agave plants. Locally known as "gusano de maguey" or "campamocha".
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
sandralunaDescription
Edible mushroom locally known as "trompa blanca" ("white snout")
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Convergent Lady Beetle (Hippodamia convergens)Observer
sandralunaDescription
Ladybugs
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Goosefoots (Genus Chenopodium)Observer
sandralunaDescription
Quelite growing in a cornfield.
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Basidiomycete Fungi (Phylum Basidiomycota)Observer
sandralunaDescription
A variety of edible mushrooms collected in the forest and sold in the market.
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Genus LeccinumObserver
sandralunaDescription
Edible mushroom growing in the forest
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Mexican Hawthorn (Crataegus gracilior)Observer
sandralunaDescription
Tejote fruit infected by an unknown plague
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Prickly Pears (Genus Opuntia)Observer
sandralunaDescription
Prickly pears growing on the center, rather than on the rim of the cactus leaf
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Mountain Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma orbiculare)Observer
sandralunaDescription
Chamaeleon
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Chicalote Poppy (Argemone platyceras)Observer
sandralunaDescription
White flower
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Decumbens Cactus (Opuntia decumbens)Observer
sandralunaDescription
Oddly-coloured pricky pear cactus
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Nopal Tapón (Opuntia robusta)Observer
sandralunaDescription
Rounded leave of a prickly pear cactus.
