What
Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
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Strange white moth - not seen before could not find it in Oklahoma list of moths.
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Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)Observer
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Bush with bright red berries in September. Not a spicebush.
Sadly - its an invasive
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Punctured Tiger Beetle (Cicindela punctulata)Observer
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Stinchcomb Wildlife Reserve. Photo coming.
Photos / Sounds
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Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)Observer
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Two x mule deer bucks on the ridge just inside the East Gate of Four Canyon Preserve in western Oklahoma.
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Goatweed Leafwing (Anaea andria)Observer
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Thousands of these along the dirt road. Heavy rains the night before broke a summer drought. Lot's of puddling in the red mud. Area is known for Texas Croton - host plant. Must have been a good year.
Photos / Sounds
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Havard Oak (Quercus havardii)Observer
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Called Shinnery Oak - i-naturalist should be updated.
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Prairie Broomweed (Amphiachyris dracunculoides)Observer
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Common Western Oklahoma prairie plant, gypsum hills, red dirt. The topography consists of gently rolling hills with deeply eroded canyons. The surface geology is comprised of Permian age sandstones and shale in the uplands and quaternary alluvial deposits on the Canadian River floodplain. The Quinlan-Woodward soil association, a reddish loamy upland soil, predominates at the site.