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western honey bees!! just today I saw three total Apis mellifera swarming the flowers. I'm pretty excited since I hardly see bees here (usually I'm wary of them, but I got close for the photos).

so cute!!!!

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hello! after a solid hour of ark, I remembered this photo of a gulf fritillary, Agraulis vanillae, that I took two years ago! we were on vacation, and I spent maybe five minutes trying to get a photo that wasn't insanely blurry lol

beautiful colors!

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found this pretty moth in the afternoon. it looks most similar to Digrammia pallidata, but I could be wrong since I've found almost no info about it.

very pretty! always a pleasant surprise to see moths

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okay so, I had so much trouble IDing this one. I could not, for the life of me, determine it's species. it was Condylostylus for sure, but was its species graenicheri or caudatus? after spending an hour frantically trying to find a difference I then realized it was C. graenicheri because of the two hairs at the end of its abdomen. this was all for an assignment btw

they're pretty!

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hellooo! found this old photo, wanna say it's hummingbird sage, Salvia guaranitica, but I could be wrong

such a vivid purple!

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hii so this photo was taken almost a year ago today. this lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) landed on my sweater!

very pretty beetle!

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heyy! so I had quite a bit of trouble with this one,, I think it's a western spotted orbweaver, Neoscona oaxacensis, but all the photos I've seen of them look almost too different from this one..

any help is welcome!!

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sorry for bad quality, it was the middle of the night :((, anyway I believe this is the Atlantic Ghost Crab, Ocypode quadrata

also, i know this isnt technically a bug, but it is an arthropod!

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this one was tough to photograph. I don't see moths too often, so this was a pleasant surprise! from the looks of it, this may be a Spotted Beet Webworm Moth, Hymenia perspectalis

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first post! this little guy was on a leaf when I found em. I wanna say this is a Bold Jumping Spider, Phidippus audax

super pretty!