Monsoon Season Species (August 2020 EcoQuest Guide)

This guide will help with identification of the plants, animals and insects included in the August 2020 EcoQuest.

Observing these plants and animals in metro Phoenix increases our understanding of how these Sonoran Desert species are connected to the monsoon season, and encourages ...more ↓

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creosote bush ¹
Larrea tridentata

Arizona spikemoss ²
Selaginella arizonica

velvet mesquite ³
Prosopis velutina

honey mesquite ⁴
Prosopis glandulosa

screwbean mesquite ⁵
Prosopis pubescens

Chilean Mesquite ⁶
Prosopis chilensis

Palo Verde Root Borer ⁷
Derobrachus hovorei

Palo Verde Borer ⁸
Derobrachus geminatus

Scrub Cicadas ⁵
Diceroprocta

Black Witch ⁹
Ascalapha odorata

Couch's Spadefoot ¹⁰
Scaphiopus couchii

little-leaved palo verde ¹¹
Parkinsonia microphylla

blue palo verde ⁴
Parkinsonia florida

Prickly pears ¹²
Opuntia

Desert Hackberry ¹³
Celtis pallida

desert unicorn-plant ²
Proboscidea althaeifolia

Doubleclaw ¹⁴
Proboscidea parviflora

desert rosemallow ¹⁵
Hibiscus coulteri

Arizona poppy ¹⁶
Kallstroemia grandiflora

Desert Blonde Tarantula ¹⁷
Aphonopelma chalcodes

Morafka’s Desert Tortoise ¹⁸
Gopherus morafkai

Desert Clicker Grasshopper
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Monsoon Season Species (August 2020 EcoQuest Guide)

creosote bush 1 Larrea tridentata

Arizona spikemoss 2 Selaginella arizonica

velvet mesquite 3 Prosopis velutina

honey mesquite 4 Prosopis glandulosa

screwbean mesquite 5 Prosopis pubescens

Chilean Mesquite 6 Prosopis chilensis

Palo Verde Root Borer 7 Derobrachus hovorei

Palo Verde Borer 8 Derobrachus geminatus

Scrub Cicadas 5 Diceroprocta

Black Witch 9 Ascalapha odorata

Couch's Spadefoot 10 Scaphiopus couchii

little-leaved palo verde 11 Parkinsonia microphylla

blue palo verde 4 Parkinsonia florida

Prickly pears 12 Opuntia

Desert Hackberry 13 Celtis pallida

desert unicorn-plant 2 Proboscidea althaeifolia

Doubleclaw 14 Proboscidea parviflora

desert rosemallow 15 Hibiscus coulteri

Arizona poppy 16 Kallstroemia grandiflora

Desert Blonde Tarantula 17 Aphonopelma chalcodes

Morafka’s Desert Tortoise 18 Gopherus morafkai

Desert Clicker Grasshopper Ligurotettix coquilletti