Little Mesquite Cicada (𝘗𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 Davis, 1923).
Val Verde County, TX, US.

Leafhopper (Cicadellidae Latreille, 1802).
Val Verde County, TX, US.

Green Lacewing (𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘢 Adams, 1982).
Val Verde County, TX, US.

Lake Fly (𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘶𝘴 Meigen, 1803).
Val Verde County, TX, US.

Chernetidae Menge, 1855.
Val Verde County, TX, US.

Margined Caterpillar Hunter (𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘦 Casey, 1897).
Val Verde County, TX, US.

Greenbottle Fly (𝘓𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢 Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830).
Val Verde County, TX, US.

Metallic Woodborer (𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘶𝘴 Thomson, 1879).
Val Verde County, TX, US.

Horned Powderpost Beetle (𝘈𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴 LeConte, 1866).
Val Verde County, TX, US.

American Cockroach (𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘢 Linnaeus, 1758).
Val Verde County, TX, US.

Take care of yourselves this week. Work will be challenging enough…. and we must endure watching as fascism tightens its grip.

1) we are disappearing hard-working immigrants and sending them to camps
2) our President hates those against him and admitted to targeting them through DOJ

𝘗𝘪𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢 Clemens, 1860.
Val Verde County, TX, US.

Val Verde County Sunburst Shelter (41VV840).

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a female kit fox with two small pups (kits) by her side, on open ground near the burrow

kit fox mama with kits, from a few months back, far northern Nevada. two more kits were in the burrow, and even though I waited patiently, I couldn't capture a frame will all together

when I first drove past (at 55 mph) I thought to myself, "hmmm, prairie dogs". then I contemplated further ....

Western Spotted Orbweaver (𝘕𝘦𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘰𝘢𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 Keyserling, 1864).
Val Verde County, TX, US.

Aphid (𝘈𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘴 Linnaeus, 1758).
Val Verde County, TX, US.

Agile Ground Mantis (𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳 Scudder, 1872).
Val Verde County, TX, US.

Differential Grasshopper (𝘔𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴 Thomas, 1865).
Val Verde County, TX, US.

Hairy Tubetongue (𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 (Nees) Hilsenb.).
Val Verde County, TX, US.

Guinea Paper Wasp (𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 Viereck, 1906).
Val Verde County, TX, US.

Thick-handed Scorpion (𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘩𝘶𝘢𝘩𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘴 Pocock, 1892).
Val Verde County, TX, US.

𝘛𝘦𝘮𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘢 𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘢 LeConte, 1858.
Val Verde County, TX, US.

Crab Spider (𝘔𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘢 𝘥𝘶𝘣𝘪𝘢 Keyserling, 1880).
Val Verde County, TX, US.

Western Black Widow (𝘓𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴 Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935).
Val Verde County, TX, US.

Scudder’s Bush Katydid (𝘚𝘤𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢 Stal, 1873).
Val Verde County, TX, US.

Nasute Termite (𝘛𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘴 Buckley, 1862).
Val Verde County, TX, US.

𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘺𝘮𝘢 Brauer & von Berganstamm, 1891.
Val Verde County, TX, US.

Per aispinsects and zdanko on iNaturalist, this is a Sarcophagine fly rather than a Tachinid!

Tachinidae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830.
Val Verde County, TX, US.