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	<title>The Firefly Forest &#187; Arizona</title>
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	<description>Discovering and enjoying nature - The Firefly Forest is a combination nature journal and plant and animal species identification guide</description>
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		<title>Two-tailed Swallowtail</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2009/07/13/two-tailed-swallowtail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Butterflies and Moths]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two-tailed Swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata) butterflies are found throughout western North America and in most of Arizona. Here in southeastern Arizona, Two-tailed Swallowtails are most commonly seen in riparian canyons with running water. In late March, I observed this male Two-tailed Swallowtail mud-puddling (drinking salty fluid) at the edge of an evaporating stream in the Sutherland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cardinalflower</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2009/04/05/cardinalflower/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2009/04/05/cardinalflower/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2009 22:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Wild Plants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With its pure red flowers, Cardinalflower, Cardinal Flower, or Scarlet Lobelia (Lobelia cardinalis) is one of the most brightly colored wildflowers in North America. Cardinalflower is found growing in moist areas throughout much of the United States, including here in Arizona. With August thunderstorms rumbling nearby, I observed this blooming Cardinalflower in a riparian meadow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pleasing Fungus Beetle</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/12/24/pleasing-fungus-beetle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 03:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Beetles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pleasing Fungus Beetles (Gibbifer californicus) are blue, fungus-loving beetles found in parts of Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Mexico. Here in Arizona, they are fairly common in moist riparian woodlands with large trees. Adult Pleasing Fungus Beetles emerge in the summertime and are most numerous during the summer monsoon rains. In August, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elegant Trogon</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/12/23/elegant-trogon/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/12/23/elegant-trogon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elegant or Coppery-tailed Trogons (Trogon elegans) are colorful, tropical and sub-tropical birds found from extreme southeastern Arizona down through Mexico and Central America to Costa Rica. The Elegant Trogons found here in Arizona are the northern subspecies T. elegans canescens.
Elegant Trogons are typically non-migratory, but most of them in southeastern Arizona migrate south for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coachwhip</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/11/22/coachwhip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Reptiles and Amphibians]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum, formerly Coluber flagellum) snakes are found in the southern half of the United States and throughout much of Mexico. Here in Arizona, these fast-moving, whiplike snakes are found in desert and grassy upland areas in the southern and western part of the state. I observed this black-colored Coachwhip below in my Tucson, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wolf Spider</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/10/31/wolf-spider/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/10/31/wolf-spider/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Invertebrates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Spiders and Arachnids]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wolf Spiders are hairy hunting spiders in the worldwide family Lycosidae (Lykos is Greek for &#034;wolf&#034;), and these common spiders can be found in a wide variety of habitats. Although Wolf Spiders can be of any size, many of them are quite large, up to 1 1/3 inches (3.4 cm) long or more. Large Wolf [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Desert Clicker Grasshopper</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/10/17/desert-clicker-grasshopper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Desert Clickers (Ligurotettix coquilletti) are small grasshoppers found in desert areas with Creosote Bushes (Larrea tridentata) in the southwestern part of North America. I observed this male Desert Clicker one late summer evening here in Tucson, Arizona.

The repeated &#034;Zzzit&#034; or &#034;Zzzit Zzzit&#034; calls (stridulations made by rubbing the hind femur against the body) of male [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red-winged Grasshopper</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/09/27/red-winged-grasshopper/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/09/27/red-winged-grasshopper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Red-winged Grasshoppers (Arphia pseudonietana) are found in the grasslands and prairies of western and central North America. Here in Arizona, these large, grass-eating grasshoppers can be observed in open grassy areas throughout most of the state. I observed this Red-winged Grasshopper below and numerous others in an upland area of mixed grass and shrubs above [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funnel-Web Wolf Spider</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/09/21/funnel-web-wolf-spider/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/09/21/funnel-web-wolf-spider/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:25:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Invertebrates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Spiders and Arachnids]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Although Wolf Spiders (Family Lycosidae) are generally roving hunters, members of one unusual Wolf Spider subfamily are actually sedentary web builders. Funnel-Web Wolf Spiders (Subfamily Hippasinae) build horizontal, funnel-shaped sheet webs that are used for both hunting and shelter. Funnel-Web Wolf Spiders (Sosippus spp.) are common here in Arizona, and I observed this one perched [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tucson&#039;s Hummingbird Feeder Bats Movie</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/09/18/tucsons-hummingbird-feeder-bats-movie/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/09/18/tucsons-hummingbird-feeder-bats-movie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Mammals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the most unusual visitors to Tucson, Arizona hummingbird feeders are two species of nectivorous (nectar-feeding) bats, the endangered Lesser Long-nosed Bat (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae) and threatened Mexican Long-tongued Bat (Choeronycteris mexicana). In the late summer and early fall here, large numbers of these bats will visit hummingbird feeders at night, sometimes quite late [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plains Lubber Grasshopper</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/09/11/plains-lubber-grasshopper/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/09/11/plains-lubber-grasshopper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Invertebrates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Plains Lubber Grasshoppers (Brachystola magna) are found in grasslands from the Great Plains south to north central Mexico. Here in Arizona, they are found in the eastern half of the state. In the late summer and fall, grasshoppers of all sorts become abundant in grassland areas here in southeastern Arizona.
In late August of 2008, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona Giant Centipede</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/09/05/arizona-giant-centipede/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/09/05/arizona-giant-centipede/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Invertebrates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are quite a few venomous creatures here in Arizona, and one of the most impressive is the Arizona Giant Centipede (Scolopendra heros arizonensis). These huge centipedes can grow to over 8 inches (20 cm) long. This unique-looking Arizona subspecies can be identified by its black head and tail, red or orange body, and yellowish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greater Earless Lizard</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/08/18/greater-earless-lizard/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/08/18/greater-earless-lizard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Reptiles and Amphibians]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Greater Earless Lizards (Cophosaurus texanus) are found in rocky desert and upland areas in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico. Here in the Sonoran Desert, these lizards are especially fond of sandy washes with large rocks. This male Greater Earless Lizard was perched on a rock in Tucson&#039;s Sabino Canyon on a sweltering August day. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Wren</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/08/12/house-wren/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/08/12/house-wren/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Birds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon) are small, plain wrens found throughout most of the Americas in wooded thickets and in areas of dense, shrubby vegetation from southern Canada to the southern tip of South America. House Wrens are not only widespread, they are also quite common, and I have observed them in many places here in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robber Fly</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/08/06/robber-fly/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/08/06/robber-fly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Invertebrates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Robber Flies (Family Asilidae) are medium to large flies that prey on other flies and insects. These predatory flies are usually seen either waiting on low perches in open, sunny areas or buzzing around as they look for prey. I observed this female Robber Fly below embracing a captured Eristalis Fly (Eristalis sp.) in Arizona&#039;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gilded Flicker</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/07/17/gilded-flicker/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/07/17/gilded-flicker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gilded Flickers (Colaptes chrysoides) are large woodpeckers found in desert areas in southern Arizona, southeastern California, and in northwestern Mexico. In June of 2008, I observed this adult male Gilded Flicker below and his family in my Tucson, Arizona yard.

The Gilded Flickers had nested in a cavity in a nearby Saguaro, and after their young [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regal Horned Lizard</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/06/29/regal-horned-lizard/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/06/29/regal-horned-lizard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Reptiles and Amphibians]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Regal Horned Lizards or Regal Horny Toads (Phrynosoma solare) are found in arid grasslands and in upland desertscrub areas in central to southeastern Arizona and northern Mexico. In May of 2008, I observed this Regal Horned Lizard in the grasslands of Arizona&#039;s Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge while walking my dogs. The lizard was hiding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harris&#039;s Hawk</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/06/27/harriss-hawk/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/06/27/harriss-hawk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Birds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Harris&#039;s Hawks, Harris&#039; Hawks, or Bay-winged Hawks (Parabuteo unicinctus) are found in arid desert scrub and in scrubby open areas from the southwestern United States southward down to Chile and Argentina in South America. Harris&#039;s Hawks are common here in Tucson, Arizona, and the ones shown here are members of a family group living near [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long-billed Dowitcher</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/06/20/long-billed-dowitcher/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/06/20/long-billed-dowitcher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Birds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Long-billed Dowitchers (Limnodromus scolopaceus) are plump, long-billed, migratory sandpipers that breed in the high Arctic of northeastern Siberia, northern and western Alaska, and northwestern Canada and winter from the southern United States down to Costa Rica in Central America. In wetland areas here in southeastern Arizona, Long-billed Dowitchers are common late spring and early fall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abert&#039;s Squirrel</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/05/29/aberts-squirrel/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/05/29/aberts-squirrel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 01:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abert&#039;s or Tassel-eared Squirrels (Sciurus aberti) are large, tassel-eared tree squirrels found in Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) forests in parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. Abert&#039;s Squirrels are strongly associated with Ponderosa Pines because these squirrels depend on them for both food (pine seeds, inner bark, buds) and shelter. Here in Arizona, Abert&#039;s [...]]]></description>
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