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Category: Nature Stories

“El Guapo,” our rare Mesoxaea texana, catching some Z’s on the South Texas Sand Sheet!

“Mesoxaea texana nectaring on Waltheria indica on the South Texas Sand Sheet!”

“Loeflingia Squarrosa” by C. M. Rich, Texas Master Naturalist

“Cochineal Gallery” by C. M. Rich, Texas Master Naturalist

“Cochineal: The Rest of My Story,” by C. M. Rich, Texas Master Naturalist

Recent Posts

  • “El Glorioso,” our Protoxaea gloriosa, is back on the South Texas Sand Sheet!
  • Lycus fernandezi – a species of net-winged beetle on the South Texas Sand Sheet.
  • Night Skies Deep in the Heart of West Texas & the South Texas Sand Sheet
  • “El Guapo,” our rare Mesoxaea texana, catching some Z’s on the South Texas Sand Sheet!
  • Mesoxaea texana update from the South Texas Sand Sheet, and guess what? The Protoxaea gloriosa are back!!!!!!!
  • “Male Mesoxaea texana on the South Texas Sand Sheet”

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