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Grand Western Flood Plain Cicada Megatibicen cultriformisObserver
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Cicadas are one of my favorites insects! Still singing away...
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Spotted Tussock Moth Lophocampa maculataObserver
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Along Kootenai Creek, Spotted Tussock Moth Caterpillar.
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Plains Lubber Grasshopper Brachystola magnaObserver
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Love the Lubbers!
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Frogs and Toads Order AnuraObserver
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My best guess would be ‘Anaxyrus punctatus’; tadpoles are challenging. Any ideas?
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Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerinaObserver
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Juveniles got me again! I was fooled by this juvenile.
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Gila Spotted Whiptail Aspidoscelis flagellicaudusObserver
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Similar to the Chihuahuan Desert Spotted Whiptail, this Spotted Whiptail differs in that spots do not continue onto the legs. Instead there is a marbled pattern on the hind legs. Fewer spots within dorsal stripes are also seen.
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Scarlet Spiderling Boerhavia coccineaObserver
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This plant had tiny, beautiful magenta flower clusters. This flower cluster was only about 1.5 cm. I came across this flower along a riparian system of the uppermost part of the Verde River in Arizona. Tiny, yet magnificently beautiful.
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Antelope-Horns Asclepias asperula ssp. asperulaObserver
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Help me out with this unknown. I’ve never come across this one before. Any ideas?
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Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus ssp. occidentalisObserver
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Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianusObserver
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We watched this sleepy Great Horned Owl high up in a tree within Little Ash Creek.
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Fungi Including Lichens Kingdom FungiObserver
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Cap was approximately 10 cm in diameter; stem was 16 cm in length. Overall specimen was approximately 17 cm in height. This individual was found among the understory within a naturally mulched, grassy area with downed plant debris along the Verde River in the Black Canyon just south of Cottonwood, AZ.
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Cloudless Sulphur Phoebis sennaeObserver
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Cloudless Sulphur, found within Little Ash Creek, south of Camp Verde.
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Six-spotted Fishing Spider Dolomedes tritonObserver
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Thank you for all of your help!
This beauty was found along the Verde River among thick cattail.
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Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalisObserver
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Along Little Ash Creek. A neat shot of the always beautiful Northern Cardinal.
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Green Heron Butorides virescensObserver
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Juvenile Green Heron seen along the Verde River.
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Haldeman's Green Potato Beetle Leptinotarsa haldemaniObserver
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Madrean woodland, Juniper/oak shrubland in southern Arizona.
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Reddish Potato Beetle Leptinotarsa rubiginosaObserver
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Southern Arizona, with juniper and oak madrean woodland. Beautifully bright red leaf beetle.
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Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassinaObserver
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Along the Verde River.
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Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinusObserver
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Along the Verde River, these hawks live in relatively small niches (ranges) in Arizona. Always nice to see and hear.
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Summer Tanager Piranga rubraObserver
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Several Summer Tanagers along the Verde River this time of year. This pair was fun to watch as you clearly could tell that this female was very impressed with this male’s gift.
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Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichasObserver
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Observed along the Verde River.
