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  1. Insects and Spiders

Butterflies and Moths

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  • Funereal Duskywing

    Funereal Duskywing

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  • Behr's Metalmark

    Behr's Metalmark

  • Behr's Metalmark

    Behr's Metalmark

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  • Buckeye Butterfly

    Buckeye Butterfly

  • Fiery Skipper

    Fiery Skipper

  • Gulf Fritillary

    Gulf Fritillary

  • Gulf Fritillary

    Gulf Fritillary

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  • Marine Blue Butterfly (and at least one ant).

    Marine Blue Butterfly (and at least one ant).

  • Buckeye

    Buckeye

  • Funeral Duskywing Skipper

    Funeral Duskywing Skipper

  • Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

    Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

  • Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

    Western Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

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  • Plume Moth, ventral view

    Plume Moth, ventral view

  • Red Admiral Butterfly

    Red Admiral Butterfly

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  • Silvery Blue Butterfly

    Silvery Blue Butterfly

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  • Six moths, over-wintering as adults.  Same species - all were within a few feet of each other.

    Six moths, over-wintering as adults. Same species - all were within a few feet of each other.

  • Nemoria Darwiniata

    Nemoria Darwiniata

  • Gray Hairstreak Butterfly

    Gray Hairstreak Butterfly

  • Gray Hairstreak Butterfly

    Gray Hairstreak Butterfly

  • Tiger Moths:  Upper left - Silver-Sided TIger Moth.  Bottom - Yellow-Spotted Tiger Moth.  Upper right - mating Yellow Woolybears.

    Tiger Moths: Upper left - Silver-Sided TIger Moth. Bottom - Yellow-Spotted Tiger Moth. Upper right - mating Yellow Woolybears.

  • Caterpillar parasitized by a wasp.

    Caterpillar parasitized by a wasp.

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  • Butterfly feeding, with proboscis extended.

    Butterfly feeding, with proboscis extended.

  • Head of a caterpillar

    Head of a caterpillar

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  • Proboscis extended

    Proboscis extended

  • This moth rests with its butt in the air.

    This moth rests with its butt in the air.

  • Head of a caterpillar.

    Head of a caterpillar.

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  • Silver Spotted Tiger Moth

    Silver Spotted Tiger Moth

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  • Olive-Green Cut Worm.  The name is based on the coloring of the caterpillar.

    Olive-Green Cut Worm. The name is based on the coloring of the caterpillar.

  • Plume Moth.

    Plume Moth.

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