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Recent observations

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Observer

nuwan

Date

May 22, 2013

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Observer

nuwan

Date

May 22, 2013

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Observer

nuwan

Date

May 10, 2013

Photos

Observer

natalie2

Date

May 8, 2013

Place

10 acres woodinville, WA (Google, OSM)

Description

Scale insects vary dramatically in appearance; some are very small organisms (1–2 mm) that grow beneath wax covers (some shaped like oyster shells, others like mussel shells), to shiny pearl-like objects (about 5 mm), to creatures covered with mealy wax. Adult female scales are almost always immobile (aside from mealybugs) and permanently attached to the plant they have parasitized. They secrete a waxy coating for defense; this coating causes them to resemble reptilian scales or fish scales, hence their common name.

Photos

Square

What

Blue-eyed Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor

Observer

kueda

Date

May 19, 2013 03:31 PM PDT

Photos

Square

What

Blues Subfamily Polyommatinae

Observer

musicwolf

Date

May 22, 2013

Photos

Square

Observer

musicwolf

Date

May 22, 2013

Photos

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What

Blue-tipped Dancer Argia tibialis

Observer

ericisley

Date

May 1, 2008 12:00 AM CDT

Description

Not the greatest shot but it was the only place they were posing that day

Photos

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What

Kiowa Dancer Argia immunda

Observer

ericisley

Date

Oct 26, 2009 11:56 AM CDT

Photos

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What

Dusky Dancer Argia translata

Observer

ericisley

Date

Sep 15, 2007

Description

September 2007

Photos

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What

Desert Firetail Telebasis salva

Observer

ericisley

Date

Jun 4, 2010 04:57 PM CDT

Description

June 04 2010

Mary Moore Searight Park

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Description from Wikipedia

Insects (Class Insecta) are arthropods, having a hard exoskeleton, a three-part body (head, thorax, and abdomen), three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae. They are the most diverse group of animals on the planet and include more than a mil