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| Gulf fritillary butterfly, Agraulis vanillae |
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| Sand dollar cactus, Astrophytum asterias nudum - Previously more abundant, this species is today restricted to a single 200-acre site in Texas, where there are around 2,000 individuals, and a few small sites in Tamaulipas. |
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| Sand dollar cactus, Astrophytum asterias nudum |
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| Echinocactus horizonthalonius aka, devil's head, blue barrel or eagle's claw cactus take your pick. Easily the largest flower I have seen on a horizonthalonius at 6+ inches across. |
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| Another Horizonthalonius with a smaller but darker flower. |
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| My son found a giant grasshopper, 4 inches long not including the antenna! I believe it to be an Eastern Lubber grasshopper, Romalea microptera. |
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| Hello, Can I come in? |
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Arise, arise, Riders of Théoden!
Fell deeds awake: fire and slaughter!
Spear shall be shaken, shield be splintered,
a sword-day, a red day, ere the sun rises!
Ride now, ride now! Ride to Gondor!
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| I wonder if Tolkien ever saw a day as actually red as this one. |
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| No camera tricks here, this evening the sky turned as red as any on mars. I have seen a lot of strange skies but nothing that looked more like the end of the world than this day. |
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| Mexican Olive | (Cordia boissieri) |
