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| When I came across this butterfly graveyard it took me a while to understand just what was happening at this particular location, however in the cholla above, I soon located a rather happy and fat praying mantis that had acquired a rather prime fishing location from which to catch visiting butterflies. |
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| Cylindropuntia bigelovii, Teddy bear cholla |
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| Mexican Fire Barrel Cactus, Ferocactus pilosus |
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| Blue Dasher dragonfly, Pachydiplax longipennis, http://azdragonfly.org/species/blue-dasher |
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| Blue Dasher dragonfly, Pachydiplax longipennis |
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| This is a somewhat rare (to Central Texas) yellow rain lily, Rio Grande Copper-lily, Habranthus tubispathus. I found this flower poking up in a grass lawn (soon to be mowed) in my neighborhood. |
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| Barbados Cherry, Malpighia glabra - What this Texas native lacks in flower size it more than makes up in fragrance. |
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| Tarantula hawk - What is Scarier than a Tarantula? |
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| Great Spreadwing, Archilestes grandis |
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| Great Spreadwing, Archilestes grandis |
