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Género OdynerusObserv.
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Small red bee foraging from woolly locoweed then flying to ground surface to perch in the sun. The mid-day was warm, sunny, and windy.
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Género OdynerusObserv.
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Small red bee foraging from woolly locoweed then flying to ground surface to perch in the sun. The mid-day was warm, sunny, and windy.
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Género OdynerusObserv.
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Small red bee foraging from woolly locoweed then flying to ground surface to perch in the sun. The mid-day was warm, sunny, and windy.
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Mosca Flotadora de Cola Larga (Eupeodes volucris)Observ.
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Individual taking moisture and nutrients from alkaline seep below a spring in Spring Canyon, near Picacho Peak. This seep is perennial and regularly used by range cattle as a water source. The mid-day was sunny, warm, and with gusting wind.
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Bee foraging from horsetail milkweed flowers established along the Rio Grande. Individual kept its wings moving the entire time. The morning was warm, breezy, and under full sunshine.
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Abejorro Americano (Bombus pensylvanicus)Observ.
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Bumble Bee foraging from horsetail milkweed flowers established along an irrigation canal to the Rio Grande. The morning was warm, breezy, and partly cloudy.
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Mantis del Noroeste (Stagmomantis limbata)Observ.
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Mantis perched along the Rio Grande, in an aster canopy, and consuming a captured bee. The morning was warm, breezy, and under full sunshine.
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Tribu VilliniObserv.
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Beefly foraging from a desert marigold flower along the Rio Grande. The morning was warm, windy, and under full sun.
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Beefly perching out of the wind under a flowering Baccharis shrub along the Rio Grande. The morning was warm, windy, and under full sun.
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Hormigas Cosechadoras (Género Pogonomyrmex)Observ.
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Harvester ant carrying a Russian-thistle flower across the Rio Grande Recreation Trail. The afternoon was warm, windy, and under full sunshine.
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Catarina del Nopal (Chilocorus cacti)Observ.
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Beetle foraging at the base of a climbing milkweed follicle, the vines are common along the Rio Grande. The morning was warm, windy, and under full sunshine.
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Chinches Apestosas (Género Brochymena)Observ.
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Fairly common bug perched on tamarisk branches along the Rio Grande during the fall season. The morning was warm, windy, and under full sunshine.
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Grasshopper perched on tamarisk tree twig on the Rio Grande bank. Wingtip damage associated with a freeze event. The midday was sunny, warm and, breezy
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Género BelvosiaObserv.
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Large fly foraging from littleleaf sumac flowers in a wash crossing the Sierra Vista Trail. The afternoon was warm, breezy, and under full sunshine.
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Chinches Cazadoras de Abejas (Género Apiomerus)Observ.
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Assassin bug perched on littleleaf sumac branch in a small arroyo along Sierra Vista Trail. The afternoon was warm, breezy, and under full sunshine.
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Azulilla de Arroyo Fúnebre (Argia funebris)Observ.
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A 2021 observation from Achenbach Canyon in the Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks NM. Individual perched below a small dam collection water for livestock. On this date a small flow was present, attracting a few damsel- and dragonfly species.
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Doradilla (Diabrotica undecimpunctata)Observ.
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Small beetle foraging on aster flowers along with many western pygmy blue butterflies. There are a few aster plants blooming in warm spots on silty soil along the Rio Grande.
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Rayadora Azul (Pachydiplax longipennis)Observ.
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A few unusual blue dashers with shiny grayish blue to metallic blue thorax/abdomen arrived near mid-August at the La Mancha Wetland Restoration Project site adjacent to the Rio Grande. This individual is perching on a twig hunting for small flying insects.
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Rayadora Azul (Pachydiplax longipennis)Observ.
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A few unusual, blue dasher-like individuals, with shiny grayish blue to metallic blue thorax/abdomen and no basal wing spots arrived near mid-August at the La Mancha Wetland Restoration Project site adjacent to the Rio Grande. This individual is perching on a twig hunting for small flying insects. This wetland supports many blue dashers annually.
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Zurcidora de Ojos Azules (Rhionaeschna multicolor)Observ.
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Large darner perching/hanging from tamarisk foliage and blending in well. Several darners were present in a small area along the Rio Grande bank. The afternoon was sunny, breezy, and warm.
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Zurcidora de Ojos Azules (Rhionaeschna multicolor)Observ.
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Darner pair in mating wheel hanging from a dry twig adjacent to the Rio Grande. The afternoon was sunny, breezy, and warm.
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Zurcidora de Ojos Azules (Rhionaeschna multicolor)Observ.
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One of several darners using this small area to hunt, patrol, sleep, and mate, this individual (note white face) hanging from a mules-fat stem adjacent to the Rio Grande. The afternoon was sunny, breezy, and warm.
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Zurcidora de Ojos Azules (Rhionaeschna multicolor)Observ.
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One of several darners using this small area to hunt, patrol, sleep, and mate, this individual hanging from a dry tamarisk twig adjacent to the Rio Grande. The afternoon was sunny, breezy, and warm.
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Rayadora Cardenal (Sympetrum illotum)Observ.
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Second observation of this species in fall of 2023, perched on a dry tamarisk twig adjacent to the Rio Grande. He was catching small insects and interacting with several male variegated meadowhawks. The afternoon was sunny, breezy, and warm.
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Azulilla de Estanque Variable (Enallagma praevarum)Observ.
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Bluet pair in tandem linkage, perched on a dry tamarisk twig adjacent to the Rio Grande. There are few damselflies at this time, many were present in June 2023. The afternoon was sunny, breezy, and warm.
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Rayadora Cardenal (Sympetrum illotum)Observ.
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Individual meadowhawk perched on Johnson-grass panicle along the Rio Grande. A late arrival and brightly-colored; it was hunting for small insects. The mid-day was warm, windy, and under full sunshine.
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Azulilla de Arroyo Anillada (Argia sedula)Observ.
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A few females were present today (two in tandem linkage with males), mostly perched on bare ground or low vegetation and using tall coyote willow shrubs for a windbreak. The morning was warm, windy, and under full sunshine.
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Libélula Cola de Mazo Rojiza (Stylurus plagiatus)Observ.
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Pair of clubtails in mating wheel about 2m high on a coyote willow shrub. The site is along the Rio Grande, out of the wind, The female's abdomen is white, the first I've seen of this color. The mid-day was warm, sunny, and windy.
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Azulilla de Arroyo Anillada (Argia sedula)Observ.
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Dancer perching on low litter in area along the Rio Grande shielded from wind by coyote willow shrubs. Still many small insects for forage, but I usually see this species earlier in the summer. The mid-day was sunny, warm, and windy.
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Bee fly foraging on showy yellow-eye flower along the hiking trail in Soledad Canyon, Organ Mountains. The mid-day was partly cloudy, warm, and windy.
