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Gordon C. Snelling

Some Arizona Inverts. Pic heavy

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Following were take in the vicinity of the Southwest Research station in the Chiricahua Mtns. Az.

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Small Cerambycid at light.
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Male ant and some termites
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Myrmecocystus mendax getting ready for their mating flight
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Cone nose bug
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Pogonomyrmex barbatus working over an interloping centipede.
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Skipper butterfly
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Small tiger beetle at light.
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Small cockroach at light.
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Camponotus with brood under rock.
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Unknown spider.
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Pogonomyrmex apache alate female.
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Spider by the pool at the SWRS (Southwest research station)
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Robberfly
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Large Buprestid on mesquite at night.
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Cactus long horn beetle on Cholla.
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Green Meloid
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Male Loxoceles.
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Female Loxoceles under same rock as male.
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Millipede love.
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Another visitor to the light.
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Velvet mite
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Antlion adult
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The obligatory jerusalem cricket shot.
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Small scorpion under rock
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Small moth at light.
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Lycaenid butterfly larva.
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Cool green Euphoria sp. scarab
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Chrysina lecontei.
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Male trapdoor spider
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Female trapdoor
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Wolf spider from White tail Cyn Az. Geolycosa sp. I believe.
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Myrmecocystus mexicanus
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Myrmecocystus mendax lab colony.
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Tortoise beetle.
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Milk weed long horn beetles feeling the love
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Milkweed bugs
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Underwing moth at light
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From a pond near Bisbee Az. Triops sp.
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Following taken at Florida Canyon in the Santa Rita Mtns. Az.


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Chyrsina beyeri and small scarab
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Clerid beetle.
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Thread legged assassin bug
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Ant mimic spider
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Assassin bug
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Male Neivamyrmex army ant.
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Small roach
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Sunset
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Re: Some Arizona Inverts. Pic heavy

Post by BillMcGighan »

Wow, that was great, Gordon; special creatures in a special place.

As a lay person the Lycaenid butterfly larva was most amazing to me.

Was the"black light/scorpion" pic taken with a normal camera?
Gordon C. Snelling

Re: Some Arizona Inverts. Pic heavy

Post by Gordon C. Snelling »

Thanks Bill. I was using a hand held BL and a Sony DSC 828 digital camera for the scorpion pic.
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