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Polillas de Coníferas Y Parientes (Género Orgyia)Observ.
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These caterpillars have been popping up for the last month or so. They are always found around oak trees. This one was almost an inch and a half long.
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Garrapata de la Costa del Pacífico (Dermacentor occidentalis)Observ.
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Little tick found in the brush.
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Género AgullaObserv.
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Strange little bug found on a car parked under an oak tree. Full body length was a little over an inch.
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Arañas Cangrejo de Corteza (Género Tmarus)Observ.
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Body length was maybe half an inch.
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Apantesis ornataObserv.
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Found resting on the staircase. Body length from head to wingtip was almost one and a half inches.
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Salamandra Delgada de Vientre Negro (Batrachoseps nigriventris)Observ.
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Little salamander found under a rock. Three or four inches long, with a tail accounting for half the full length. It was relocated to another rock nearby.
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Jilguerito Dominico (Spinus psaltria)Observ.
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Little bird on some shrubbery in a parking lot. He mostly ignored me, and split his time between preening and singing at other birds.
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Hongos (Reino Fungi)Observ.
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The cool, wet weather has brought these out in a damp corner. The dead log behind them is oak, as are most of the leaves around. The mushrooms themselves are 2-2.5 inches tall, the stems are Q-tip thin, the caps are less than an inch in diameter.
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There was a rainstorm a couple days ago, and these little guys popped up all over our compost piles. The caps don't last long before they fall apart, so I sought out the youngest one I could find.
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Lince Americano (Lynx rufus)Observ.
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Bobcat laying in the meadow in the early morning. It twitched its tail as it watched the activity of the local birds (who were very upset about the predator nearby). You can see the eyespots on the backs of its ears in a couple of pictures.
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Chirrionera Rayada (Masticophis lateralis)Observ.
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Little baby snake in one of the stalls. Was about a foot long and the width of a pencil at its thickest.
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Weevils wovvle, but they don't fall down. This obnoxious pest is sometimes found in the grain room, resulting in disposal of infested feed and a thorough cleaning. This little one was only a couple of millimeters in length.
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Mayate (Cotinis mutabilis)Observ.
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Big green beetle lumbering around. Lovely metallic green color, about an inch in length.
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Chirrionera Rayada (Masticophis lateralis)Observ.
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Caught at lunch under a wall. The unwilling guest was an alligator lizard. The snake was over two feet long.
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Amanita elongataObserv.
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Bright yellow mushrooms that popped up after a rainstorm. The caps were almost an inch and a half in diameter. The stems were almost three inches long.
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Araña de Panza Espinosa (Micrathena gracilis)Observ.
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Little spider using its body to hold tension on its web. I couldn't get a better angle for the shot without destroying the web (which I'd hate to do).
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Arañas Cangrejo Corredoras (Género Philodromus)Observ.
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Spider with one missing leg perched on the side of a birch tree. The body length was a little over a centimeter.
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Little caterpillar in a defensive position on a fallen leaf. It was around an inch long.
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Avispón de Cara Blanca (Dolichovespula maculata)Observ.
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Grapefruit-sized hive hanging from a young tree. The insects stayed calm as I stood by and got pictures before leaving them to their business.
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Clinging to the screen door in the morning. Over one and a half inches in length.
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Banasa dimidiataObserv.
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Little guy hanging on a screen door. Maybe one centimeter in length.
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Chilling on a golf cart windshield. Between one to one and a half centimeters long.
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Tiny beetle found in the kitchen. Maybe a third of a centimeter in length.
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Araña Lince de la Corteza (Hamataliwa grisea)Observ.
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Fuzzy little guy chilling on my windshield. The body was under a centimeter long, and it left a trail of what looked like dust behind it when I was shooing it off the car.
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Azulejo Garganta Azul (Sialia mexicana)Observ.
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Little bird checking out an emu feeder, looking for dropped pellets. Not the clearest shot, but the closest I could get.
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Mosquita de la Humedad (Clogmia albipunctata)Observ.
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Very small fly hanging out on a soap dispenser in one of the outhouses. The wingspan was less than half a centimeter.
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Género BombyliusObserv.
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Dredged out of a trough (unfortunately didn't make it). The wingspan was over two centimeters, the body was about one centimeter in length not including the proboscis.
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Huilota Común (Zenaida macroura)Observ.
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Handsome little dove hanging out by the science museum. It had patches of orange-pink iridescence on its nape.
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Little moth on diamond plate. The body was about one and a half centimeters, the wingspan was two centimeters.
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Murciélago Desértico Norteño (Antrozous pallidus)Observ.
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Small dead bat found by hay barn. The body was fully desiccated, but kept most if its details. From nose to rump it was over three inches long. Cause of death unknown.
