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Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila podalonia; family Sphecidae). Sandia Mountains, New Mexico, USA.
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Bee Assassin (Apiomerus spissipes; Family: Reduviidae). This insect kills and consumes small bees. Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
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Globemallow Leaf Beetle (Caligrapha serpentina; Family: Chrysomelidae). Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
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Globemallow Leaf Beetle (Caligrapha serpentina; Family: Chrysomelidae). Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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My neighborhood with iPhone. Both photos were taken during the same dog walk in my neighborhood; August 29, 2015
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My neighborhood with iPhone: I found this spider on a sidewalk just before Halloween. It looked like a Halloween decoration. But it was a live spider! It is a "cat-faced spider" or "orb-weaver" (Araneus illaudatus/gemmoides).
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Bees on a hummingbird feeder in my garden. The yellow part inside the feeder's "flower" is supposed to be a bee guard! :)
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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) and datura (sacred datura, moonflower, thornapple, Jimson weed) flower (Datura meteloides).
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Honey bee (Apis mellifera) and datura (sacred datura, moonflower, thornapple, Jimson weed) flower (Datura meteloides).
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Honey bees and datura flower (Jimsonweed; Datura wrightii; Datura metaloides). New Mexico, USA.
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Unidentified moth and beetle on a fleabane (Erigeron sp.) flower. Sandia Mountains, New Mexico.
