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0 3 Spotting

Spotting

by ChristineLoughnanCasselmanIdaho, USA

Female...either black- chinned or broad tail.

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by Travis MorseColorado, USA

Aster/ Machaeranthera

0 0 Crab Spider

Crab Spider

by StephanieCobboldUtah, USA

Brown crab spider, probably Xysticus sp.

0 0 Broad tail hummingbird

Broad tail hummingbird

by ChristineLoughnanCasselmanIdaho, USA

White tipped tail, larger than a calliope

1 0 Silky lupine

Silky lupine

by Brian38Washington, USA

not to colorful sagebrush

0 0 Sagebrush Violet

Sagebrush Violet

by Brian38Washington, USA

Sagebrush Violet grows to 3 in (7.62 cm) ...

0 2 American Black Bear

American Black Bear

by Cameron Young-CSC SnakeLas Animas, Colorado, USA

Large male black bear

1 3 Juniper Mistletoe

Juniper Mistletoe

by kodyosborneBend, Oregon, USA

Found some mistletoe growths on these junipers on the west side of bend. Anyone ...

4 0 Edith's checkerspot

Edith's checkerspot

by Brian38Washington, USA

I spotted several of these in a small area.

1 0 Painted lady

Painted lady

by Brian38Washington, USA

I spotted three of these in the area I was exploring.

6 2 Mormon metalmark

Mormon metalmark

by Brian38Washington, USA

Small brightly colored butterflies with clear white spots. Compound eyes are a ...

3 3 desert horned lizard

desert horned lizard

by dw33zyIdaho, USA

Found this guy scampering next to a road.

1 0 salt marsh tiger caterpillar

salt marsh tiger caterpillar

by DerrickLKIdaho, USA

Found this cool little guy crawling around the base of a big

1 3 goldenrod crab spider

goldenrod crab spider

by DerrickLKIdaho, USA

Found this crawling on my Ranger one day while riding. Evidently these spiders ...

5 2 Sagebrush mariposa lily

Sagebrush mariposa lily

by Brian38Washington, USA

Stout stem about 12 in. tall. Bell shaped.

2 0 Narrow Woodscript Lichen

Narrow Woodscript Lichen

by Brian38Washington, USA

An inconspicuous lichen that follows the grains in wood. An old scar on this ...

0 3 Colorado Tarantula

Colorado Tarantula

by Cameron Young-CSC SnakeLa Junta, Colorado, USA

large brown spider- this species is endemic to Colorado

2 1 Pygmy Short-Horned Lizard

Pygmy Short-Horned Lizard

by FilipTkaczykWashington, USA

An adult male pygmy short-horned lizard.

0 0 Big Sagebrush

Big Sagebrush

by shannon2017Rockland, Idaho, USA

Coarse, many branched, pale grey shrub with yellow flowers. Generally 0.5-3 m ...

1 0 Threadleaf phacelia

Threadleaf phacelia

by Brian38Washington, USA

Light purple flowers are 1 cm long. Stem and leaves are very hairy. Plant was ...

1 0 Carey's balsamroot

Carey's balsamroot

by Brian38Washington, USA

Balsamorhiza careyana is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower tribe of ...

0 0 Spotted Towhee

Spotted Towhee

by Brian38Washington, USA

Male in breeding plumage. Towhees on the east side of the Cascades have more ...

2 0 Red thymeleaf buckwheat

Red thymeleaf buckwheat

by Brian38Washington, USA

Short compact bush with red flowers.

0 0 Prairie Star

Prairie Star

by Brian38Washington, USA

Purplish stem nearly 1 ft tall with white flowers that are deep lobes. Aka ...

0 0 Miriquidica scotopholis

Miriquidica scotopholis

by Brian38Washington, USA

Miriquidica scotopholis is a brown to black crustose lichen with a thallus ...

1 0 Nuttall's larkspur

Nuttall's larkspur

by Brian38Washington, USA

Blue flowers widely spaced on tall thin stems.

4 6 Mountain bluebird (male)

Mountain bluebird (male)

by Brian38Washington, USA

The male Mountain bluebird is a beautiful bird with deep sky blue above and a ...

0 0 Wyeth Buckwheat

Wyeth Buckwheat

by Brian38Washington, USA

A tall buckwheat (can reach 40 cm). Bract at mid stem. Narrow leaves closer to ...

2 0 Button lichen

Button lichen

by Brian38Washington, USA

A crustose (disc) lichen with a cracked thallus. Gray with a light orange-tan ...

1 2 Eastern kingbird

Eastern kingbird

by Brian38Washington, USA

Adults are grey-black on the upperparts with light underparts; they have a long ...

2 0 Purple sage

Purple sage

by Brian38Washington, USA

Woody shrub about 16 in tall. (can grow to 28 in.) Purple to blue flowers.

1 0 Round-headed desert buckwheat

Round-headed desert buckwheat

by Tom33Oregon, USA

Shrubby plant with small, densely hairy leaves. Yellow flower clusters on long ...

1 0 Carey's balsamroot

Carey's balsamroot

by Brian38Umtanum, Washington, United States

Balsamorhiza careyana is a wildflower in the family Asteraceae. Native to ...

1 2 Spotting

Spotting

by DerrickLKIdaho, USA

Found these bugs munching on a plant called miner's lettuce (Claytonia ...

1 0 slickspot peppergrass

slickspot peppergrass

by dw33zyIdaho, USA

Lepidium papilliferum is a rare herb found mostly in southwestern Idaho and was ...

5 2 Black-tailed Prairie Dog

Black-tailed Prairie Dog

by YorkieSutaryo日野市 (Hino), Japan

Named for their dog-like yip, prairie dogs are in fact rather large, stout, ...

5 1 Gray Flycatcher

Gray Flycatcher

by DonnaPomeroyCalifornia, USA

regions of western North America, especially the Great Basin. From

10 3 Pruinose groundsel

Pruinose groundsel

by Ori Fragman-Sapirمعان, Jordan

Teucrium pruinosum is a perennial of

0 0 Showy phlox

Showy phlox

by Brian38Washington, USA

This was a nice size plant - about 1 meter in diameter. A purple to pink ...

1 0 Ballhead Waterleaf

Ballhead Waterleaf

by Brian38Washington, USA

A short plant maybe 12 in (30.48 cm) tall. The blue flowers grow in a ball ...

2 0 Lazuli bunting (male)

Lazuli bunting (male)

by Brian38Washington, USA

Adult males have a bright blue head, back and neck, light rusty breast and ...

3 1 Old growth Sagebrush

Old growth Sagebrush

by Brian38Washington, USA

Big Sagebrush is a coarse, many-branched, ...

1 3 nineleaf biscuitroot

nineleaf biscuitroot

by dw33zyIdaho, USA

Lomatium triternatum is a herb native to western North America. Common names ...

3 1 Blue-eyed Darner

Blue-eyed Darner

by DonnaPomeroyPalo Alto, California, USA

sagebrush

0 3 Mule Deer

Mule Deer

by SharonAzzinnaroWashington, USA

The mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) named for its large mule-like ears.

1 0 Wax currant

Wax currant

by Brian38Washington, USA

This was a large specimen. Some of the limbs were almost 3 meters long (pic 3). ...

0 0 Fernleaf biscuitroot

Fernleaf biscuitroot

by Brian38Washington, USA

Also known as Fern-leaf Desert Parsley, Lomatium dissectum is a chocolate brown ...

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