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Wingspan of 4.5", body length of 2.5"
Also called the Death Feigning Beetle because it will play dead when disturbed.
In all the years we've spent the winter in
My first thought was it's a cricket, but not like any cricket I know.
Reddish yellow to golden with short black hair. Abdomen, coated with gray ...
Striking red head, legs and prothorax, with black elytra.
Today is our first sighting of the Harris Antelope Ground Squirrel this season. ...
Smallish toad up to 3" with a flattened head and body and round glands ...
19 cm. Grayish brown above, breast and throat are pale grayish brown, belly and ...
11 cm Blue gray above, long black tail above with white outer feathers.
It stopped in our Ironwood Tree on it's way south. Lots of worms in the tree ...
Small hawk. Tail long, barred, and ends with a square tip. Wings ...
Has a short bob-tail which is 2 to 8 inches long. The tail has black fur on the ...
Dark greenish yellow on back and tops of wings, creamy yellow belly, approx 4.5 ...
Have greatly "inflated" and textured elytra (wing covers) and their very long ...
16 inches (40 cm), including the tail. Creamy whitish with a tan or brown ...