@bugsicles

backyard bugs observed in southern New Mexico, USA

 New Mexico, USA
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Please enjoy the adorable "shove and shake" technique of Harvester Ants unloading their chin-hair baskets.
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Some captures from my hike yesterday for #InverteFest, a periodic community science event where we share & appreciate the bugs around us. No matter the time of day or year, even after a harsh summer like this one, I can always find interesting inverts in the New Mexico desert.
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#InverteFest August 2023

What is #InverteFest? is a periodic online event where we invite you to celebrate the overlooked invertebrate fauna around you and share the joys of discovery online. The hashtag was conceived when...

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On my desert hikes, I just don't expect to look *up* and see these creatures. Can you spot it?
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I was surprised to see this Coachwhip high up in a sumac bush, catching the very first of the sun's rays
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A few hours later
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This is a natural object I found in the Chihuahuan Desert. Any guesses? I'll share the answer tomorrow...
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Mesquite sap!!
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bugsicles@bugsicles14 Jul 2022
Last September, I found a mondo caterpillar with a face only a moth could love. Could I take care of it and witness its transformation I wondered? (Chuckwalla for scale)
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Caught in the act!
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Its new exoskeleton will soon lose its iridescent green tinge and it will look like this the next day. We've been seeing many of these in the Chihuahuan Desert in southern New Mexico lately. They can make a very loud 'buzz' when startled, or when calling for a mate.
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More on cicada songs: xitter.cf/bugsicles/status/15444…
bugsicles@bugsicles5 Jul 2022
Cicada vs. Smartphone Microphone Point, Cicada! How do these iconic summer insects generate their loud, distinctive song?
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This was the morning after about 0.4 inches of rain in the Chihuahuan Desert in southern New Mexico.
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Stepped next to a bush, and I heard that sound...
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This individual likely took advantage of the moisture to emerge and molt, for we found this fresh shed just a few feet away.
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Just another lovely experience in the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park near Las Cruces.
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