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Kern's Flower Scarab (Euphoria kernii)Observer
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Two in photo. Possibly mating but couldn't tell for sure.
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Fungi Including Lichens (Kingdom Fungi)Observer
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Cap is about 1.5 inches across.
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Beetles (Order Coleoptera)Observer
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Larvae. About 3 cm long. Found crawling inside a house. Has a bit of pet fur on it.
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Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)Observer
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Poor photos, heavily cropped. Bird was in deep shade and attempting to come down to a birdbath.
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Crab Spiders (Family Thomisidae)Observer
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Crab Spider on Antelope Horns Milkweed with a captured Western Honeybee.
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Horned Spanworm Moth (Nematocampa resistaria)Observer
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Dangling by a silk thread from an oak tree.
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Red-lipped Green Lacewing (Chrysoperla rufilabris)Observer
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Not sure how this caterpillar came to be stuck to the hood of a vehicle (possibly from heavy rain) but there is a lacewing larva feeding on the caterpillar. See white arrow.
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Woolly Gray Moth (Lycia ypsilon)Observer
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This posting pertains to the caterpillar, not the Lacewing larvae feeding on the caterpillar.
Not sure how this caterpillar came to be stuck to the hood of a vehicle (possibly from heavy rain).
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Owlet Moths and Allies (Superfamily Noctuoidea)Observer
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iNat is suggesting Genus Charadra. About an inch long.
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Common Digger Bees (Genus Anthophora)Observer
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Foraging in a patch of Obedient Plant (cultivated) blossoms then, clamping jaws on fence wire, while raking pollen on body.
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Question Mark (Polygonia interrogationis)Observer
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Resting at ground-level in sun.
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Trichopoda lanipesObserver
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Foraging on Antelope Horns Milkweed.
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Great Purple Hairstreak (Atlides halesus)Observer
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Foraging on Antelope Horns Milkweed.
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Eastern Screech-Owl (Megascops asio)Observer
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Adult male Screech Owl. He is on this same twig every day. This is the same owl in both photos. He can go from short and square when at rest, to tall and skinny when disturbed. His mate is in a nest box about ten feet away. I can see the female, in the nest box, on a video feed.
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Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)Observer
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Hanging out with an adult male Blue Grosbeak.
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Digger Bees (Tribe Anthophorini)Observer
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Had been working in a patch of Obediant Plant blossoms. Rested on this fence wire to "preen". Hoping to get better photos in coming days.
