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Aloe like succulent with Saponins in root which have medicinal properties. ...
It is a kind of Yucca flowering.
This yucca was in the Sonoran Desert Museum ...
We get a lot of these here in SoCal-- during spring they possess amazing
Long and narrow leaves radiate from the base of the plant with very sharp ...
Flowers bloom from April to July. These can ...
The spine on the tip of the head sets it apart from other species of ...
This hummingbird has been zipping around the yard for sometime now. Never still ...
Rattlesnake Master is a striking plant - the leaves are long, with soft spiky ...
Small, slender-bodied wasp that mimics harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex).
About 3 millimeters in length. Note greatly enlarged hind femora ("thighs").
About 8-10 millimeters in body length, marked as shown.
Silver-green succulent with long, slender, fleshy leaves with tall thick stalk ...
teeth. Dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants). Flowers
About 6 feet tall at the tip of the flowering stalks. VERY sharp leaves. ...
Medium-sized to large wasp. Abdomen with obvious constrictions between ...
Large, hairy wasp banded black and yellow as shown. Males are much more ...
This is what most Ammophila wasps look like. Identification to species is ...
Highly variable in coloration, but the reddish brown body with yellow markings ...
Roughly 35-40 millimeters in body length, matte black in color with no blue ...
Roughly 10 millimeters in body length. Note long petiole separating thorax ...
About 12-14 millimeters in body length, colored as shown. Note larger size, ...
Roughly 10-12 millimeters in body length, colored as shown. Note yellow face ...