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Chihuahuan Spotted Whiptail (Aspidoscelis exsanguis)Observer
mmismaelDescription
Has a transparent colored body, on the body it has strips and within the stripes it has patterns. Long skinny tail. Head small. Arms and legs are short.
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House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)Observer
mmismaelDescription
Red headed finch, with light and dark grey. Small and chubby overall
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Geometer Moths (Family Geometridae)Observer
mmismaelDescription
White colored moth, small rounded wings that look like a butterfly wings, the wings have lines across
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Prickly Pears (Genus Opuntia)Observer
mmismaelDescription
Light green cactus with short spiked splinter, well rounded and small sized overall cactus
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Creosote Small-Mason (Hoplitis biscutellae)Observer
mmismaelDescription
Black and yellow striped bee, fuzzy yellow neck, medium length skinny ears
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Small Milkweed Bug (Lygaeus kalmii)Observer
mmismaelDescription
Black insect with orange back and some design, short skinny legs, two whiskers
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Brachyceran Flies (Suborder Brachycera)Observer
mmismaelDescription
Dark black fly with green back. Rounded and long transparent wings. Short/med skinny legs
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Valley Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa sonorina)Observer
mmismaelDescription
Carpenter bee, all black bee with sheer black wings. Has a very rounded bottom
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House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus)Observer
mmismaelDescription
Looked like a Finch, red head with grey body, small bird overall, long feathered tail
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House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)Observer
mmismaelDescription
Type of bird such as House Sparrow, small bird with big puffy white stomach, his back was a dark grey color, small peaked nose
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Antlions, Lacewings, and Allies (Order Neuroptera)Observer
mmismaelDescription
White tan insect, transparent wings, long skinny 4 legs and arms.
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Yuccas (Genus Yucca)Observer
mmismaelDescription
Lonely palm/Yucca looking plant. Was stranded alone in the desert. Had short spike branches at the top of the plant and rough shorter branches coming out of the body
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Typical American Harvester Ants (Genus Pogonomyrmex)Observer
mmismaelDescription
Black fire ants with red from the waste down. Had skinny long legs and arms. Was carrying nutrients along with him.
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Grasses (Family Poaceae)Observer
mmismaelDescription
Thin leaves and long. Color green dying off to yellow. Some had wheatgrass/ feather looking leaves or branches with the color purple
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Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)Observer
mmismaelDescription
Ocotillo, very long and thin branches. Had some sort of flower at the top of its branch with the color orange/red
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Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)Observer
mmismaelDescription
Looks like a bee but it’s not, was more like a wasp or could be a strange flying insect. Hand long wings and the wings kept swinging even when standing still
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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
mmismaelDescription
Bee on a bush. Yellow with black stripes, black eyes, wings transparent. Getting his nutritionist from the flowers on the bush
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Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies (Family Asteraceae)Observer
mmismaelDescription
Very small flower, sign of weed, yellow color
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Ocotillo (Fouquieria splendens)Observer
mmismaelDescription
Long skinny branches, no leaves but spikes coming out, grey color
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Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata)Observer
mmismaelDescription
Has long branches, the branches are very skinny, leaves dying off
