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Μάρτιος 14, 2023
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Μάρτιος 10, 2023
12:58 ΜΜ CST
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See detailed discussion re differences in leaves of T. cuneifolia vs. T platycarpa as shown here.
Also, I am posting my detailed description of differences in other aspects of these two species, with emphasis on trichomes.
Finally, I am also posting here my data on the comparative height of these two species.
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Απρίλιος 12, 2020
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Φεβρουάριος 28, 2023
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Μάρτιος 01, 2023
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Μάρτιος 11, 2019
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Φεβρουάριος 19, 2023
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Φεβρουάριος 11, 2023
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Φεβρουάριος 09, 2023
10:21 ΠΜ CST
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First specimen collection of the species for Balcones Canyonlands NWR. The specimen was collected from a limestone bolder in deep shade of Mason Hollow on the Victoria tract (see 5th image of my field notes for the day, CWS Field J., Vol. 37, pp. 54-55).
Original digital image of specimen from the TORCH database:
https://portal.torcherbaria.org/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=30435843&clid=0
I may have taken photos (35mm slides) of these plants in the field, but those slides, if they exist, would be in the Refuge files at the Refuge HQ.
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Δεκέμβριος 06, 2020
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Σεπτέμβριος 29, 2022
10:40 ΜΜ EDT
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pretty awkward for this bombus...
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Οκτώβριος 31, 2022
06:16 ΜΜ EDT
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For the bumble bee (? Pretty sure the smaller one is at least)
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Απρίλιος 20, 2022
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Οκτώβριος 07, 2021
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Νοέμβριος 01, 2017
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Νοέμβριος 02, 2022
11:36 ΜΜ CDT
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I have seen specimens in the Genus Catorhinta on or near my house on five previous occasions, ON each occasion, the question "Is this C. texana or C,. selector has come up. Three have been identified as C. texana; the other two simply remain at genus, Jason Botz is quoted in BugGuidenet as follows: "[C. texana] can be recognized by the narrow yellow band at the apex of the third antennomere, along with a slightly wider look to the abdomen and a more orange-colored connexivial stripe. https://bugguide.net/node/view/1131911. Here, the connexivial stripe does appear noticeably orange and several of the pictures show the light (very light) yellow antennna band clearly. I believe this to be C. texana. Compare https://bugguide.net/node/view/2186288. @wongun @pfau_tarleton
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Αύγουστος 04, 2020
05:37 ΜΜ EDT
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Corrected host is Schaefferia cuneifolia (Desert Yaupon)
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Νοέμβριος 03, 2022
05:26 ΜΜ UTC
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Not sure if these are American or Sonoran bumblebees. Were mating in low lying scrub along pipeline easement
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Οκτώβριος 17, 2022
08:37 ΜΜ CDT
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Σεπτέμβριος 26, 2022
10:11 ΠΜ CDT
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Οκτώβριος 09, 2019
06:57 ΜΜ CDT
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Grasshopper
Timberlake Biological Research Station
Mills, Co. Texas
10/5/19
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Ιούλιος 25, 2022
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Οκτώβριος 22, 2021
02:00 ΜΜ CDT
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Are they mating? Se estarán apareando?
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Νοέμβριος 25, 2021
09:13 ΜΜ CST
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My Yard in the City of Uvalde, Uvalde County Texas
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Οκτώβριος 10, 2021
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Οκτώβριος 22, 2020
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Ιούλιος 05, 2018
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Μάιος 09, 2022
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Απρίλιος 23, 2022
10:30 ΠΜ CDT
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I can't find a precise match for this small leaf beetle. I assume it is in the Cryptocephalinae.
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Απρίλιος 23, 2022
11:23 ΠΜ CDT
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This bug has a superficial resemblance to Podisus maculiventris but I don't think it's that species. The legs are more richly colored, the scutellum is differently shaped, and the tips of the FWs don't have the dark central band which usually shows on examples of that species.
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Απρίλιος 23, 2022
10:36 ΠΜ CDT
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A very darkly patterned Pachybrachus.
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Απρίλιος 23, 2022
01:25 ΜΜ CDT
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(My orignal thought:) This keys out perfectly in Banks 1903 revision of the Chrysopidae to E. hageni, described originally from Austin, TX. Note the distinctive dark marks on the face (2nd image) and abdomen. BG doesn't currently have a page for the species.
https://bugguide.net/node/view/2110186/bgimage
Ref: Banks, N. 1903. A revision of the Nearctic Chrysopidae. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 29:137-162.
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Οκτώβριος 07, 2020
09:27 ΜΜ CDT
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Απρίλιος 20, 2022
01:36 ΜΜ CDT
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Not sure how to tell a few species of this genus apart.
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Απρίλιος 20, 2022
01:36 ΜΜ CDT
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Απρίλιος 20, 2022
10:28 ΜΜ CDT
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I got intrigued with this rather plain Pyralid moth because of a few distinctive things it shows compared to the vast array of other Phycitine-type moths.
- Most obvious, this moth has a raised row of black scales across the base of the wings and the rear of the thorax. Raised bumps of scales occur here and there among the Phycitines, but this placement at the base of the wings is uncommon.
- Most of the regular Phycitine pattern elements are missing or minimally expressed. These include the AM band (here indicated by just a diffuse oblique dark mark coming off the costal FW margin), the lack of any obvious PM band or discal dots, and only some diffuse black smudges in the terminal area of the FWs, one of which shows as an oblique apical dash.
- The FWs themselves are proportionately narrow compared to many genera. FW length (2nd image) = 12 mm.
- The palpi are held rather straight out.
- The general coloration on the FW has a pale buffy ground color heavily suffused with white. The white makes up a pretty solid band along almost the entire costal FW margin.
With all this in mind, I went wandering through MPG looking for Phycitines with a black patch at the base of the wings and little other pattern. Some of the genera of cactus-feeding moths and their relatives have a basal black patch. This includes such genera as Melitara, Alberada, and Rumatha. Of these, some species of Rumatha seem to have the narrow wings and other details recited above. None of the Rumatha species are a close match to the present critter but we are hampered by very limited numbers of images of any of them (mostly mounted specimens on MPG and in a Neunzig MONA fascicle) and the descriptions in Neunzig's fascicle are minimal.
A most intriguing aspect of this investigation is that at least one of the species, Rumatha glaucatella, is documented to utilize tasajillo (= Christmas cactus; Cylindropuntia leptocaulis; abundant at Timberlake) as a host plant! In fact that species has been documented from Travis County (Neunzig 1997, p. 75). The present moth doesn't quite match the details of that species as presented by Neunzig, but it suggests to me that the present moth is likely to belong to the same genus.
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Απρίλιος 19, 2022
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Απρίλιος 17, 2022
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Απρίλιος 12, 2022
06:59 ΜΜ CDT
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Lined Stenolophus
Timberlake Biological Research Field Station
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Απρίλιος 11, 2022
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Απρίλιος 18, 2022
12:23 ΠΜ CDT
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Saturday night mothing with various light sources at sheets located in several places around the pavilion..
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Απρίλιος 17, 2022
11:08 ΠΜ CDT
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Απρίλιος 17, 2022
11:10 ΠΜ CDT
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Απρίλιος 16, 2022
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Απρίλιος 17, 2022
10:20 ΠΜ CDT
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Απρίλιος 17, 2022
10:20 ΠΜ CDT
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Απρίλιος 17, 2022
09:49 ΠΜ CDT
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Απρίλιος 17, 2022
09:49 ΠΜ CDT
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Απρίλιος 17, 2022
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Απρίλιος 17, 2022
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Απρίλιος 16, 2022
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Απρίλιος 16, 2022
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Απρίλιος 12, 2022
07:20 ΜΜ CDT
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Mason Wasp
Timberlake Biological Research Field Station
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Απρίλιος 16, 2022
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Απρίλιος 14, 2022
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Απρίλιος 13, 2022
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Απρίλιος 11, 2022
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Απρίλιος 11, 2022
11:49 ΜΜ CDT
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Απρίλιος 13, 2022
12:54 ΜΜ CDT
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abundant in the sandy gravel of the river
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Ιούλιος 03, 2021
09:14 ΜΜ CDT
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Αύγουστος 05, 2021
10:05 ΜΜ CDT
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It happened that I found these two commonly confused rain lilies right beside each other! Too good an opportunity to miss. You really get a good comparison of how they differ from each other. Not sure if I should get this to species. These sorts of photos can come in handy.
Duplicate with https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149740100, ID for flower on the left/bottom.
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Νοέμβριος 07, 2021
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Αύγουστος 14, 2018
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Ιούλιος 10, 2020
08:52 ΜΜ CDT
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Οκτώβριος 10, 2021
12:50 ΜΜ CDT
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Οκτώβριος 18, 2021
08:08 ΜΜ UTC
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Σεπτέμβριος 03, 2020
11:23 ΜΜ CDT
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Απρίλιος 21, 2021
05:33 ΜΜ CDT
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Απρίλιος 27, 2021
11:52 ΠΜ CDT
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Αύγουστος 04, 2021
05:20 ΜΜ MDT
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Αύγουστος 11, 2018
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Μάιος 14, 2020
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Ιούνιος 03, 2020
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Ιούλιος 30, 2020
03:24 ΜΜ CDT
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Ιούνιος 16, 2021
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Δεκέμβριος 04, 2021
12:42 ΠΜ CST
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Finding it hard to believe that this could be dodecandra with it growing straight out of sandstone and gypsum
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Μάιος 30, 2019
08:48 ΜΜ CDT
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Fantastic weekend with some fantastic people gathered in Mills county iNatting from early morning to late at night.
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Νοέμβριος 07, 2021
06:06 ΜΜ CST
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Adult male - found on rocky limestone trail in Comal County near Canyon Lake. I believe this is one of the elusive Texas Terralonus that Tim Manolis has been looking for.
Added a quick & dirty shot of the palp. Last photo is just to give a rough idea of habitat.
Also posted to BugGuide (here)
(Live specimen received by Tim Manolis. Will update with his findings when he is able to examine it.)
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Αύγουστος 23, 2018
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Οκτώβριος 06, 2021
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Σεπτέμβριος 30, 2021
05:15 ΜΜ CDT
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Αύγουστος 02, 2021
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Αύγουστος 02, 2020
08:00 ΠΜ PDT
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two males, one female
on dry vegetation
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Αύγουστος 06, 2021
05:52 ΜΜ UTC
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Μάρτιος 14, 2021
12:40 ΠΜ UTC
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Ιούλιος 20, 2021
06:59 ΠΜ UTC
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Ιούνιος 11, 2021
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Flying from one clover to another. Seemed to be heavy as each clover tipped over with this bee. Very sunny, windy, humid, about 93 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Μάιος 17, 2021
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Απρίλιος 09, 2021
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Αύγουστος 08, 2019
07:35 ΜΜ MDT
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Σεπτέμβριος 15, 2020
01:31 ΠΜ CDT
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I think it's Z. drummondii because of the relatively short perianth tube, compared to our other local contender, Z. chlorosolen.
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Σεπτέμβριος 05, 2020
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Οκτώβριος 12, 2020
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Ιανουάριος 06, 2020
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