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Spotted at Chimney Hollow Open Space Photo courtesy of Sue Burke
Red Mountain Open Space
Small terrestrial turtle, carapace color ranges from mustard to caramel.
Yellow thorax with black spot in the center of back. Some yellow on the first ...
This large spiderweb was constructed between the supports of a footbridge over ...
Dark dragonfly with a series of yellow-orange lateral spots on its stout abdomen
underparts with large dark spot in center of breast. It has a striking face ...
Size 9.5-13.5 mm, adults, females in particular, are often short-winged
Tiny size is 29-35 mm. Well-vegetated ponds and streams.
Flower ball about 1/2" wide grows in clusters. Leaves are finely cut, growing ...
The female is laying eggs on the stem. They are visible as tiny, light ...
Finger type leaf galls on Elm leaves. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of ...
A medium sized orange and black damselfly, the females range from pale yellow ...
2 of these hard to see birds were present and one was singing! Rist Canyon, ...
Rising 2-4 ft. high from a woody base, blue wild indigo is a bushy, robust ...
Great Egrets are tall, long-legged wading birds with long, S-curved necks and ...
Quite variable. Upperside of male yellow with orange overlay, yellow veins, ...
The northern cricket frog is one of North America's two smallest vertebrates, ...
Males have a chunky short body and wings have a brownish black band. Mature ...
The Lark sparrow is a large sparrow. It has a long, rounded tail with white ...
The Lark sparrow is a large sparrow. It has a long, rounded tail with white ...
Mature males: In dorsal and lateral views, only segment 9 is completely blue. ...
Forewing is dark orange and black with a pale cream median band. Underside of ...
Quite variable. Males usually have black antennal knobs. Upperside is orange ...
The Lark sparrow is a large sparrow. It has a long, rounded tail with white ...
The northern cricket frog is one of North America's two smallest vertebrates, ...
The Northern Cardinal is a fairly large, long-tailed songbird with a short, ...
Gray-brown above with a white throat, dirty gray breast and yellowish ...
One tail on hindwing. Upperside blue-gray with large red spot near tail. ...
Largest of the North American herons with long legs, a sinuous neck, and thick, ...
The Lark sparrow is a large sparrow. It has a long, rounded tail with white ...
As a legume, milk-vetches can take nitrogen from the air and use it as a ...
Southern anemone plants are 6–14 inches tall, with 1 greenish-white or ...
One tail on hindwing. Upperside blue-gray with large red spot near tail. ...
Plant: erect, perennial, 2'-5' tall forb; angled stems marked by fine, mostly ...
Quite variable. Males usually have black antennal knobs. Upperside is orange ...
Quite variable. Upperside of male yellow with orange overlay, yellow veins, ...
Upperside of male light blue with darker veins and dusky border; female darker. ...
Quite variable. Upperside of male yellow with orange overlay, yellow veins, ...
A small, dainty member of the Iris family, white-eyed grass has pale-green, ...
