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Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Date

November 11, 2014

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Bobcat (Lynx rufus)

Date

November 10, 2014

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Gray Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca nitens)

Date

October 17, 2014

Description

Positively identified on BugGuide.net as Schistocerca nitens

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Gray Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca nitens)

Date

October 17, 2014

Description

Identified as a Schistocerca nitens - Female nymph on BugGuide.net.

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Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis)

Date

October 16, 2014

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Canyon Towhee (Melozone fusca)

Date

October 13, 2014

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Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)

Date

October 13, 2014

Description

red-shafted

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Thomas's Two-striped Grasshopper (Melanoplus thomasi)

Date

October 10, 2014

Description

Identified on BugGuide as Melanoplus thomasi-male

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New World Tarantula-hawk Wasps (Genus Pepsis)

Date

October 11, 2014

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Spotted Orbweaver (Neoscona crucifera)

Date

October 10, 2014

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Scaled Quail (Callipepla squamata)

Date

July 21, 2014

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Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

Date

July 22, 2014

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Black-tailed Jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)

Date

July 20, 2014

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Grey Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)

Date

July 21, 2014

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Common Raccoon (Procyon lotor)

Date

July 20, 2014

Description

Infrared night shot on a wildlife camera. Monitoring night visitors to botanical garden.

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Western Spotted Orbweaver (Neoscona oaxacensis)

Date

August 13, 2014

Description

Identified to species on BugGuide.net. I mistook this specimen for an Argiope.

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Texas Brown Tarantula (Aphonopelma hentzi)

Date

October 6, 2014

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Arizona Mantis (Stagmomantis limbata)

Date

October 6, 2014

Description

Bright green, ~3.5 inches long. Photographed crossing the paved entry road.

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Large Creosote Gall Midge (Asphondylia auripila)

Date

August 22, 2014

Description

A ball-shaped stem gall on creosote; appears to be made up of numerous small leaflet rosettes. I stumbled onto a reference to Creosote gall midges and Asphondylia auripila seems to be the one that makes the gall shaped most like what we found.

Now (early October) it is dark brown and dried out, evidently after the midges have departed.
http://www.birdandhike.com/Wildlife/Invert/Ph_Arthropoda/SubP_Hexapoda/Cl_Insecta/Diptera/Midge/Cecidomyiidae/Asphon_aur/_Asp_aur.htm

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Lewis' Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus lewisi)

Date

September 12, 2014

Description

Identified as Chauliognathus on BugGuide but not to species.

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Black Cactus Longhorn Beetle (Moneilema armatum)

Date

September 4, 2014

Description

Short, stout (about an inch long) beetle on cholla cane. Dark dull gray/black but with pale bluish-white stripes around top and bottom of pronotum. Identified to genus on BugGuide as Moneilema.

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Date

September 17, 2014

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Bloody Net-winged Beetle (Lycus sanguineus)

Date

September 14, 2014

Description

Tentatively identified as L. sanguineus, but have also seen adult L. fernandezi nearby. Are the nymphs similar? I.D. help appreciated.

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Date

September 15, 2014

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Date

September 14, 2014

Description

Blue-footed beetle mottled with off-white. On acacia. Approximately 1 inch long.

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Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

Date

September 14, 2014

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Clammyweeds (Genus Polanisia)

Date

September 11, 2014

Description

Legume/Fabaceae from the bean-like pods. Extremely long, purple stamens projecting from small white petals. Leaves appear compound with 3 leaflets?

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Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)

Date

September 13, 2014

Description

After a heavy rain storm and much colder temperatures, dozens of hummers swarming the feeders today.

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Canyon Towhee (Melozone fusca)

Date

September 13, 2014

Description

Adult feeding begging juvenile just before picture was taken. During cold, wet storm.

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Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

Date

September 13, 2014

Description

Resting on the porch during powerful storms.

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