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Great Spangled Fritillary (Argynnis cybele)Observer
rongoetzDescription
Visiting Asclepias incarnata.
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morcuttDescription
My little blue-green reward for going through spring photos looking for something I’d missed.
I just saw that I had uploaded this obs to iNat back in May with the note, “Almost surely calcarata, but the angle prevents a glimpse of the spurs.” I didn’t know about strenua’s tibial marking at the time.
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Cougar (Puma concolor)Observer
colincroftDescription
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_r0G2iB0Dw
Mother/daughter regularly seen in area since early April 2022.
Trapped/captured while feeding on a bighorn sheep carcass, tagged/collared by Nebraska Game & Parks (https://www.facebook.com/groups/426003722258026/posts/710652527126476/?cft[0]=AZWdm-u9zZwdCIELLz6VjWFoujxc97WXG4rEJYxbdQR-wdb08Wwwg8vfIJgF8B3Vq9wUGIbuzBo8XY1jTJsz52wG9HFdLgBm-BMcwbdR_Kc6sBE6eO6Rjtgj71atwcH0Ef2suFeVTHeKHLZoQJMh0ZC28H-wjxoUO6nP8icNlbO1pHJ6htxqE3auBMQw_HhNKhY&tn=%2CO%2CP-RP
Headed southwest from reflector drainage on east side of ravine. Didn't trigger cams BOS, RP or new scrape, but did trigger BB and CS; headed south.
First video from BTC-7E; 2nd from HP5
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Silky Striped Sweat Bee (Agapostemon sericeus)Observer
morcuttDescription
Not sure why this particular green bee photographed so blue, but the color looked kind of neat, so I kept it.
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Longhorn-cuckoo Bees (Genus Triepeolus)Observer
cgwilsonDescription
Keyed out on DL
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Subgenus ProsopisObserver
morcuttDescription
Two males in a tousle, modestus, I’d figure.
