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Highlights of August

Hot and dry. Plants get scortched. Butterflies abound, immature orbweavers begin to be seen.
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Gray hairstreak larvae
Gulf fritillary caterpillars
Mourning cloak caterpillars
Anise swallow tail caterpillars
Gulf fritillary caterpillars
Queen butterflies
Western tiger swallowtails
Marine blue butterflies
Paper wasp nests
Fig-eater beetles
Stink bug nymphs
Cricket babies
Gastrupiid wasps
Dragonflies
Early orb weavers
Baby opossum
Western tiger swallowtail - Papilio rutulusGulf fritillary - Agraulis vanillaeGulf fritillary - Agraulis vanillaeAnise swallowtail - Papilio zelicaonGray hairstreak - Strymon melinusMourning cloak - Nymphalis antiopaMourning cloak - Nymphalis antiopaMourning cloak - Nymphalis antiopaAmerican lady - Vanessa virginiensisPainted lady - Vanessa carduiUmber skipper - Lon melaneMournful duskywing - Erynnis tristisBee fly 1 - Nyia gazophylaxAsian lady beetle - Harmonia axridisBlack and yellow mud dauber - Sceliphron caementariumScoliid wasp - Dielis tolteca (male)Sonoran bumble bee - Bombus sonorusOpossum - Didelphis virginianaBullfrog - Lithobates (Rana) catesbianusGasteruptiid wasp - Gasteruption sp.