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MB Fatal Metalmark
Fatal Metalmark commented on by MB Edinburg, Texas, USA10 years ago

Yes, they're pretty difficult. I made the error of just focusing on the eyes for the ID instead of verifying specific field marks. Thank you fir pointing out the error. The only metalmark species we get in the Valley, if I'm not mistaken, are the fatal, rounded, red-bordered and the red-bordered pixie. The way I've been taught to differentiate between the rounded , red-bordered and fatal metalmarks is by looking at a metallic band on the edges of the forewing that bulges a bit on the rounded metalmark ( it appears pretty straight on the fatal). In the picture, I'm seeing the metallic band is not bulging on The forewing as it does with the rounded metalmark, suggesting it is a fatal metalmark.

MB Fatal Metalmark
Fatal Metalmark commented on by MB Edinburg, Texas, USA10 years ago

And I may have confused it and thought it was red-bordered I stead of fatal...it has a second silver line which the red-bordered does not have...

MB Fatal Metalmark
Fatal Metalmark commented on by MB Edinburg, Texas, USA10 years ago

As of now I only have this picture on my phone, but I should have others on my work computer.

MB Fatal Metalmark
Fatal Metalmark commented on by MB Edinburg, Texas, USA10 years ago

Yes, I meant to put metalmark, I have no idea how I put pixie. I apologize for that. I did have a picture of a pixie, though, but I accidentally deleted it from my phone :/

MB Unknown spotting
Unknown spotting commented on by MB Texas, USA10 years ago

This look like Cenizo (Leucophylum frutecens)

MB Unknown spotting
Unknown spotting commented on by MB Brownsville, Texas, USA10 years ago

Looks like a Mayfly species

MB Unnamed spotting
Unnamed spotting commented on by MB Brownsville, Texas, USA10 years ago

This is a Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)

MB Unknown spotting
Unknown spotting commented on by MB Brownsville, Texas, USA10 years ago

Looks Like a Short-winged Katydid (Dichopetala castanea)

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