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Glire Bot Flies (Genus Cuterebra)Observer
chancemuskyDescription
Roughly the size of my thumb, wriggling on a small hiking trail in Sabino Canyon
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Mushrooms, Bracket Fungi, Puffballs, and Allies (Class Agaricomycetes)Observer
chancemusky
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Great Ash Sphinx (Sphinx chersis)Observer
chancemuskyDescription
Roughly 10cm, on a pillar in a parking garage
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Jumping Spiders (Family Salticidae)Observer
chancemuskyDescription
Fairly small, roughly 25mm body
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Thisbe's Tarantula-hawk Wasp (Pepsis thisbe)Observer
chancemuskyDescription
Found on a milkweed plant
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Dog Vomit Slime Mold (Fuligo septica)Observer
chancemuskyDescription
Found on woodchip piles, some of the slime molds were actively 'oozing'
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Monarch (Danaus plexippus)Observer
chancemuskyDescription
Several found on desert milkweed plants. Between 2.5-4cm in length.
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Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor)Observer
chancemuskyDescription
Roughly 7cm across the wings
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Arizona Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa californica ssp. arizonensis)Observer
chancemuskyDescription
Found dragging a flower that had fallen from a tree.
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Desert Spiny Lizard (Sceloporus magister)Observer
chancemuskyDescription
Sharp, triangular looking scales, did push-ups when I approached. Spikey around where neck meets body. Estimated 12cm long.
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Desert Ironclad Beetle (Asbolus verrucosus)Observer
chancemuskyDescription
Found in a section of the Santa Cruz River. It was playing dead when I saw it.
