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Two Kings of Texas Ranches… Horse and Ford

“Female Mesoxaea texana on the South Texas Sand Sheet”

“Making more Mesoxaea texana on the South Texas Sand Sheet”

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

“Tepanec Long-horned Bees Nectaring on Coma on the South Texas Sand Sheet,” by C. M. Smith Rich

“Roemer’s Acacia” by C.M. Smith Rich

“Blooms on the South Texas Sand Sheet,” by C.M. Rich, Texas Master Naturalist

“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

“Cochineal – Under the Microscope”

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  • “Mind-boggling:  95-day Emergence Cycle for the Mesoxaea texana  on the books for 2026 on the South Texas Sand Sheet!”
  • “Micrograph Photo Gallery of a female Mesoxaea texana”
  • “Mesoxaea texana and Protoxaea gloriosa found on Dr. Steve Bentsen’s Dos Venadas Ranch in June 2026!”
  • 2025 was a Banner Year for our Mesoxaea texana on the South Texas Sand Sheet in Puerto Rico, Texas!
  • “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.

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