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Actually, it got lured in by all the quail, dove and other yard birds at the feeders. Didn't get a meal, but stayed for a drink and a bath. How many people get to watch a hawk take a bath in the wild?
Lovely snake. If you read my post, you probably can tell I'm partial to the snakes of the AZ desert.
Looks like a quail of some sort. Nice pic.
What a beautiful snake!... from a distance.
You're right MM.. when I first searched Stink Bug wikipedia came up with an entirely different looking insect.
A stink bug, or clown beetle IS a darkling beetle, also known as a pinacate beetle. Eleodes ca. spinipes
See my post here: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/760...
We only see Datura flowers here in Quartzsite, AZ if there has been quite a bit of rain. Maybe Tucson received more rain this year than we did.
The Native Americans often used the Sacred Datura in their rituals... very carefully. Is it really blooming there now?
No, they don't have a common name. The word Phainopepla comes from the Greek for "shining robe". It is a very pretty shiney black when the sun is on it.
