Apache cicada (Diceroprocta apache).
At the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis ♀). Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Arizona.
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Blue dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis ♀). Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Arizona.
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Black death-feigning beetle (Cryptoglossa variolosa), in the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Arizona.
When prodded this large beetle gave a very convincing act, playing dead. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house. I give its performance three damp hankies.
Black death-feigning beetle (Cryptoglossa variolosa), in the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Arizona.
When prodded this large beetle gave a very convincing act, playing dead. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house. I give its performance three damp hankies.
Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) on ajamete (Asclepias subulata, a desert milkweed).
In the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Arizona.
Queen butterfly (Danaus gilippus) on ajamete (Asclepias subulata, a desert milkweed).
In the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Arizona.
Screwbean mesquite seed pods (Prosopis pubescens).
In the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Arizona.
Screwbean mesquite seed pods (Prosopis pubescens).
In the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Arizona.
Desert senna (Senna covesii), in the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Arizona.
Other common names for this plant are Coues’s or Coves’s senna, and rattleweed or rattlebox, the latter referring to the sound of seeds in their pods.
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