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With Valeri Ponzo and Don Fraser; a successful visit for Val's lifer adult Yucca Giant-Skippers -- and we got other lifers as well. I am submitting here 132 records, including 11 beetles, 6 dragonflies, 14 caterpillars, 8 grasshoppers, 5 moths, 21 butterflies, and several plants. The weather at the start was partly sunny and 73 degrees, with a light breeze; by the end, it was sunny and 83 degrees. We left around 1500 after having walked 6.03 miles.

A specimen gifted to me by a family friend. I'm not sure from where in the county they got it.

• Pictures 2-4 is of the proboscis.
• Pictures 5-9 are of the forewings
• Pictures 10 and 11 are of the underwings.
• Picture 12 is of hairs on the thorax.
• Picture 13 is of the leg.
• Picture 14 is of the foot.

• Pictures 16 is of the specimen under a UV light. It's eyes glow a neon turquoise, and I think it's pretty darn cool.
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• 2/11/23 I pinned my first insect! I still had this specimen on my desk because I was still having fun looking at the UV reactive eyes. So I steamed it to soften it up and pinned it to a cut-out piece of a jewelery box. I have it hanging on my wall above my microscope.

Life cycle link tree
Larvae - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141494745
Pupae - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141494744
Adult - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/141494743