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Observed this spider moving quickly across the hiking trail.
"Black spider with white stripe down the cephalothorax and front of abdomen. The top of the abdomen has a brown-red pattern. The shape of the spider mimics a large ant and the red on the abdomen to be mimicking the red velvet ant"
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Observed this Artichoke Fly on a Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) leaf.
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Colonus hesperusObserv.
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Observed this Spider feeding on what looks to be ans Aphid.
"Of the three Colonus species in North America C. hesperus is the only one found on the west coast. This southwestern species ranges from Texas to California and south into Baja California and Mexico. While the prominant black blotches around the eyes are found on other female Colonus, the lack of abdominal stripes separates C. hesperus from the other two species."
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Arañas Lobo de Patas Delgadas (Género Pardosa)Observ.
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I observed this female Wolf Spider moving through the leaves with an egg sac attached under it's abdomen.
“After mating in May and June, female thin-legged wolf spiders begin constructing an egg sac. They first spin a circular disc of web from their spinnerets on the ground. They make it larger and lay their eggs in the center. They spin a covering disc on top of the eggs, connecting it with the bottom disc, to form a sac and use their mouthparts, called chelicerae, to detach the sac from its surroundings. Fresh threads are laid over it and females carry it under their abdomen by their spinnerets into the summer. The average number of eggs per sac is 48, though this number is highly affected by the size and health of the female parent.” (University of Michigan)
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Abejas Albañiles (Género Osmia)Observ.
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Observed what looks to be a Mason Bee captured by a Genus Mecaphesa crab spider.
