Grasshoppers

Gray Bird Grasshopper

Horse Lubber Grasshopper

Horse Lubber

White-lined Bird Grasshopper

White-lined Bird Grasshopper

Pallid-winged Grasshopper

Humphrey's Grasshopper

grasshopper exoskeleton

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Dragonflies

Here are some dragonfly pictures taken on different days in October near Sabino Creek.

I am learning that dragonflies can be hard to identify.

Flame Skimmer?

Neon Skimmer?

Some kind of damselfly...a spreadwing maybe?

However, this filigree skimmer was easy for me to name since Chris at Las Adventuras had already done the work of identifying one like it for his blog.

Filigree Skimmer

With wings resembling skeletonized leaves, it seems the filigree skimmer has the perfect camouflage for this wooded area.

And finally, this large dragonfly that landed on a boulder might be a serpent ringtail...perhaps.

Well, no matter what they're called, I think dragonflies are cute!

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Early Autumn

Snapshots from early to mid-October:

Cooper's hawk

white-tailed deer

bracket fungus

Lion face?

emerald moth and sulphur butterfly on cottonwood leaf

gray hairstreak

desert cottontail

black-tailed jackrabbit

Sonoran Tiger Whiptail

Have a great day!

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September Sightings

Empress Leilia

Southern Dogface

Bordered Patch

Funereal Duskywing

Pipevine Swallowtail

Reakirt's Blue

Tiny Checkerspot

Desert Senna

Pringle's Clustervine

Trans-Pecos Morning Glory

Datura

Ivyleaf Morning Glory

Scarlet Spiderling

Mesquite

Spiny Hackberry

Pincushion Cactus

Red Spotted Toad

Harvest Moon

Have a wonderful week!

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