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Parkinsonia Horse-fly Carpenter (Xylocopa tabaniformis ssp. parkinsoniae)Observer
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Male
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
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Chrysalis found on River Trail below a Hackberry tree. Texas Leaf-cutter ants had it on Trail.
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
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Caterpillar on Annual Bastard Cabbage.
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Genus TetragnathaObserver
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Right below caterpillar on Annual Bastard Cabbage.
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Red-lipped Green Lacewing (Chrysoperla rufilabris)Observer
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Nymph on underside of Western Soapberry leaf.
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Abrupt Digger Bee (Anthophora abrupta)Observer
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Nesting Digger Bees in a vertical clay bluff 20 feet from the edge of a pond. Nest holes are 1/2 to 5/8 inch diameter. Most are 4 to 6 feet high on the base. Location has been documented several years. They are normally active about 5 weeks starting in mid-April.
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Abrupt Digger Bee (Anthophora abrupta)Observer
gstclairDescription
Nectaring on Snake Apple flowers.
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Tawny Emperor (Asterocampa clyton)Observer
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On a Yucca flower stem. It must be covered with honeydew from aphids which is attracting the Emperor, Question Mark, and Red Admiral Butterflies.
