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Tag Archives: Noctueliopsis aridalis
Another Progress Report (Goofing Off in the Desert)
Remember at the beginning of last year when I announced that I had finished making keys to the known leaf mines on every plant genus in the US and Canada? I noted that “this project can never really be finished, because … Continue reading
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Tagged Abronia, Acanthaceae, Acmaeodera, Acmaeodera vernalis, Andrenidae, Asteraceae, bee, beetle, blister beetle, Boraginaceae, brittlebush, Bucculatrix, Bucculatrix sphaeralceae, Buprestidae, butterfly, checkered beetle, checkerspot, Cleridae, Coleoptera, Crambidae, Cysteodemus armatus, desert chicory, Encelia, Encelia farinosa, Eremalche rotundifolia, Eupompha elegans, Eurybunus, Fabaceae, flower, globemallow, harvestman, Hesperapis, Hymenoptera, Justicia, Justicia californica, Lepidoptera, Loasaceae, lupine, Lupinus, Lytta, Lytta auriculata, Lytta magister, mallow, Malvaceae, Megandrena enceliae, Melittidae, Meloidae, Mentzelia involucrata, Microtia dymas, Mimulus, Mimulus bigelovii, mining bee, moth, Noctueliopsis aridalis, Nyctaginaceae, Nymphalidae, Opiliones, Perdita, Phacelia, Phasmida, Phrymaceae, Pyraloidea, Rafinesquia neomexicana, sand-verbena, sawfly, Sclerosomatidae, Sphaeralcea, Sphaeralcea ambigua, Tenthredinidae, Timema, Timematidae, tiny checkerspot, Trichodes ornatus, walkingstick
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