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Narrow-Banded Picture-Winged Fly (Ceroxys latiusculus)Observer
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Photo of the underbelly (through a window)
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Tribe CatalpeaeObserver
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I am utterly stumped by this full-size tree whose blossoms remind me of catalpa or desert willow. But the leaves don’t look like either (maybe closer to desert willow). Making a wild guess in hopes that somebody will correct me!
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Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum)Observer
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Is this poison hemlock? If so, it’s right by the path, between the pond and the river, on the river side of the path. Doesn’t seem to be much weed and invasive species management happening at Izaak Walton – musk thistle about to bloom, cheatgrass, creeping thistle…
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Plains Garter Snake (Thamnophis radix)Observer
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Three of them.
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Black Dwarf Spiders (Genus Erigone)Observer
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Maybe the teeniest spider I’ve ever seen!