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Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)Observer
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Buncha baddies on a log, as per usual- hot girls know the spots
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)Observer
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Great falls by canal trail leading to visitor center
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Striped Fishing Spider (Dolomedes scriptus)Observer
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Tons of these all over the dock at Chesapeake bay yacht club!
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Yuccas (Genus Yucca)Observer
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found off the highway, tons of yucca- lots of those small striped beetles
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Ants (Family Formicidae)Observer
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tending aphids on yucca
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Orange-tipped Woodborer (Lithurgopsis apicalis)Observer
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I am honestly guessing about this one
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Black Cactus Longhorn Beetle (Moneilema armatum)Observer
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Found feeding on prickly pear outside field station around dusk
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White-lined Sphinx (Hyles lineata)Observer
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Found on ornamental yucca outside talbots shopping center in uptown ABQ, broad daylight. Was hanging out there for a couple hours
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Yuccas (Genus Yucca)Observer
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Lots of yucca outside natural history museum and sawmill; mostly elata (I think) a couple glauca -- ORNAMENTAL so stalks are chopped by maintenance crews when they lose their flowers. This makes them less than ideal for long term monitoring. Ask me how I know.
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Roundtail Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma modestum)Observer
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Found up on the ridge past visitors center
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Woollywhites (Genus Hymenopappus)Observer
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Found along a trail outside field station at the Sev
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