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| Acmaeodera sp. on sunflower |
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| Acorn Weevil (Curculio sp.) |
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| Western Rose Curculio (Merhynchites wickhami), on California Wild Rose (as expected) |
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| Eleodes acuticauda, a common darkling beetle in these parts |
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| Latrodectus geometricus male (Brown Widow). Tiny -- only about 4 mm in length, in a miniscule web on the patio last night |
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| A solifuge (wind scorpion) on my patio. An arachnid, but not a spider. This individual is MUCH fatter than the solifuge that I photographed about a week ago. The same one, after it found some good meals? |
The Rose Curculios are still my favorites!
ReplyDeleteSame sorts you and I saw on our walk last year by Pine Valley.
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ReplyDeleteI lived 24 years north of you up in Anza in Riverside County. I attracted beneficial insects with several plantings of California Coffeeberry chaparral. I was hoping Margarethe would have found an Arizona Buckthorn which is related to photograph this spring, but maybe not.
These shrubs have a rather plain dull green inconspicuous flower, but attract every kind of winged critter in the Bee/wasp family, Fly/Mosquito Family Beetle Family, etc. It's funny to watch them all climb and stumble all over themselves. Anyway on my Timeless blog I wrote about it. Still I wish I had a photo from back then.
Digital wasn't invented yet.
Kevin
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I planted two Coffeeberries (that I ordered from a native plant-providing nursery) right next to my house here, and there are a fair number growing wild in the vicinity. Maybe one of my next postings can feature them. I have two Toyons right near the house, too, and their flowers are also insect-magnets.
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