Joe C. from the UA Ramblers' hiking club and Steve M. from Sky Island Alliance led a hike and insect viewing event, Saturday, July 30, 2011. We were in French Joe Canyon, in the Whetstone Mountains, between Benson and Sierra Vista.
Joe is an entomology researcher with the University of Arizona. He identified the flying insects that landed on the two vertical white sheets that he and Steve set up, attracted by nearby black lights.
Prior to the bug viewing, we hiked two to three miles, up and down a creek bed. The hike featured
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Meeting Steve at an Interstate Exit
Notice the build up of cumulus clouds, portending the possibility of rain.
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Driving to our Destination
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The Road at the Beginning of our Hike
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A Beetle we Found While we were Hiking
A large black ground beetle, genus Calosoma.
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Poison Ivy!
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California Buckthorn
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This is Related to Castor Bean Plant
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Creek Bed Closeup
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Nine-Spotted Moth
Amata phegea is the latin name for this moth. Read more about it at...
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Small Waterfall
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The Side of the Creek Bed
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Geometer Moth
This moth is one of 35,000 species worldwide and 1500 species in North...
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Metallic Green Ground Beetle
This is another ground beetle, Calosoma scrutator. It's common...
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Metallic Green Ground Beetle
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Metallic Green Ground Beetle
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May Beetle
It is one of the many species of Scarab beetles. You can read more at...
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Scarab Beetles
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Scarab Beetle - Chrysina gloriosa
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Male Scarab Beetle
The latin name for this insect is Xyloryctes jamaicensis; it is one of the...
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Male Scarab - Xyloryctes jamaicensis
It is one of the rhinoceros beetles. You can read more about it here:...
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Male Scarab - Xyloryctes jamaicensis
It is one of the rhinoceros beetles. You can read more about it here:...
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Male scarab-,Xyloryctes jamaicensis
It is one of the rhinoceros beetles. You can read more about it here:...
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Robber Fly
Read more about these at http://www.cirrusimage.com/Flies_robber.htm.
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Striped Hawk Moth
See http://tinyurl.com/3edmars for more information about this moth,...
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Scarab Beetle - Chrysina gloriosa
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Another Scarab Beetle
This beetle, commonly called a skin or hide beetle, is a member of either the...
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Another Scarab Beetle
This beetle, commonly called a skin or hide beetle, is a member of either the...
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Another Scarab Beetle
This beetle, commonly called a skin or hide beetle, is a member of either the...
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Female Scarab - Xyloryctes jamaicensis
It is one of the rhinoceros beetles. You can read more about it here:...
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Female Scarab - Xyloryctes jamaicensis
It is one of the rhinoceros beetles. You can read more about it here:...
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Yellow Banded Wasp Moth
The latin name for this moth is Syntomeida hampsonii. For more...
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Adult Antlion - Glenurus snowi
For more information about this one, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antlion.
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Moth - Genus Datana
This moth species is one of the Prominents. For more information, see:...
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Another Caterpillar Hunter
The Latin name is Calosoma scrutator.
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North America
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