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Genus DiapheromeraObserver
monteriggsDescription
Found this specimen crossing the road in the pasture of a ranch north of Marfa TX.
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Texas Brown Tarantula (Aphonopelma hentzi)Observer
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He was walking down 2810 south toward Ruiodosa. The only one seen on the road this morning.
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Common Green Darner (Anax junius)Observer
monteriggsDescription
Found specimen at rest stop on I-10 near Columbus Texas. It was still alive but must have had a collision with a car.
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Horse Lubber Grasshopper (Romalea eques)Observer
monteriggsDescription
Horse Lubber grasshoppers were abundant in the Davis Mountains and Chinati Mountains in August.
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Springfield's Beardgrass (Bothriochloa springfieldii)Observer
monteriggsDescription
Seeing a lot of this growing along the dirt road through the pastures on Mimm's Ranch north of Marfa. It looks like Springfield bluestem, but I could be wrong.
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Desert Kingsnake (Lampropeltis splendida)Observer
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Missing DateDescription
Not sure on the identity of this snake, it was roughly 3 ft. long. The closest image I've found is the desert kingsnake.
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Mountain Lion (Puma concolor)Observer
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came across several tracks in Bone Canyon in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park
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Lindheimer's Senna (Senna lindheimeriana)Observer
monteriggsDescription
I'm pretty sure this is a Senna, not positive on the identification.
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Fluffgrass (Dasyochloa pulchella)Observer
monteriggsDescription
Flowering fluffgrass common to Chihuahuan desert. Amazingly complicated morphology.
