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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>Double-flowered Stansbury Cliffrose</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2012/10/14/double-flowered-stansbury-cliffrose/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 05:35:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Wild Plants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Flowers with more than the normal number of petals are known as double flowers. Roses and many other types of cultivated flowers are double-flowered, but occasionally double flowers can also occur in wild plants, like this Stansbury Cliffrose (Purshia stansburiana). I observed this rare double-flowered Stansbury Cliffrose in Arizona&#039;s Santa Rita Mountains. This attractive and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thomas&#039;s Two-striped Grasshopper</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2012/01/10/thomass-two-striped-grasshopper/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2012/01/10/thomass-two-striped-grasshopper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Invertebrates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thomas&#039;s Two-striped Grasshoppers (Melanoplus thomasi) are colorful grasshoppers found in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico. These grasshoppers are typically found in lush riparian areas with abundant herbaceous plants to feed on, and they can sometimes occur in surprisingly large numbers. While walking along a dry wash in southern Arizona&#039;s Empire Ranch, my dad and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reddish Potato Beetle</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2011/11/15/reddish-potato-beetle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Beetles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Invertebrates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Reddish Potato Beetles (Leptinotarsa rubiginosa) are found in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico. On a sweltering August day, I observed this one quickly crawling along a shady wash along Arizona&#039;s Sycamore Canyon Trail near the Mexican border. The busy beetle absolutely refused to stay still and I thought that its colors would look better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pearl Crescent</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2011/11/13/pearl-crescent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:21:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Butterflies and Moths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Invertebrates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos) butterflies are mainly found in the eastern part of North America, but a few of these dainty butterflies can be found as far west as Arizona and the southeastern part of California. I observed this Pearl Crescent butterfly visiting the flowers of an Alkali Marsh Aster (Almutaster pauciflorus) in a marshy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Painted Damsel</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2011/11/11/painted-damsel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Invertebrates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[During the warm months of the year in the Southwest, colorful and graceful Painted Damsels (Hesperagrion heterodoxum) can be seen darting about and resting on slender reeds and tall grasses in lush riparian areas. The distinctive male Painted Damsels are mostly brilliant turquoise blue and black with a red-tipped abdomen and red spots behind the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colorful Caterpillar of a Lirimiris truncata</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2011/10/07/colorful-caterpillar-of-a-lirimiris-truncata/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2011/10/07/colorful-caterpillar-of-a-lirimiris-truncata/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 01:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Butterflies and Moths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Invertebrates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The moth Lirimiris truncata is a member of the mostly tropical Prominent Moth Family (Notodontidae), and here in the United States, these moths are found only in the southernmost part of Arizona. I observed this colorful Lirimiris truncata caterpillar in Agua Caliente Canyon in the Santa Rita Mountains. Lirimiris truncata caterpillars are bright yellow and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lesser Nighthawk</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2011/09/15/lesser-nighthawk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Birds]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On warm summer evenings in the southwestern deserts, Lesser Nighthawks (Chordeiles acutipennis) can be seen just after sunset darting about hunting for nocturnal insects and gracefully skimming over swimming pools and other large water sources to scoop up mouthfuls of water and snap up any drowning insects. Lesser Nighthawks excel at capturing insects in flight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Create Psychedelic Desktop Pictures With iTunes</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2011/08/02/create-psychedelic-desktop-pictures-with-itunes/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2011/08/02/create-psychedelic-desktop-pictures-with-itunes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Computer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I discovered that it&#039;s easy to create unique, psychedelic desktop pictures using screen capture and the Jelly visualizer in iTunes. Below is one of these desktop pictures. Click on the image to see the full-sized 1680 x 1050 image (my computer&#039;s screen size). I was looking for some abstract desktops with a black background because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Polynesian Rat</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2011/06/09/polynesian-rat/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2011/06/09/polynesian-rat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 23:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hawaiian Mammals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Polynesian Rats (Rattus exulans) are common in a variety of habitats at lower elevations here in Hawaii. These rats are native to Southeast Asia, but they have now spread to the islands of the tropical and subtropical Pacific thanks to humans. Polynesian Rats were originally brought here to Hawaii by the early Polynesians, and these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Common Myna</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2010/07/08/common-myna/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2010/07/08/common-myna/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hawaiian Birds]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/?p=1167</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most ubiquitous Hawaiian birds is the Common Myna or Indian Myna (Acridotheres tristis). Common Mynas are native to south Asia, and they were brought here to Hawaii in 1865 to control a large infestation of army worms (plant-damaging moth caterpillars). The clever and adaptable Common Mynas now thrive here in Hawaii and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ohia Psyllid Galls</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2010/06/02/ohia-psyllid-galls/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2010/06/02/ohia-psyllid-galls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hawaiian Invertebrates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Psyllids or Jumping Plant Lice are small, jumping, winged, highly host-specific plant-feeding bugs in the Superfamily Psylloidea. Not only can Psyllids weaken plants with their feeding and spread plant diseases, their nymphs (immature Psyllids) can form unsightly, disfiguring galls on host plants. I observed these weird, red, pimple-like galls on the leaves of an &#039;Ohi&#039;a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skeleton Flower</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2010/05/30/skeleton-flower/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2010/05/30/skeleton-flower/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 19:43:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hawaiian Wild Plants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Skeletonized leaves are not terribly rare, but this lace-like skeletonized flower is the first one I&#039;ve ever seen, and despite its ghostly transparency and veiny, deathlike appearance, it was still soft and alive. Adding to its creepiness, I found it growing near an old Hawaiian burial site. The skeleton flower is that of a White [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona Spittlebug</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2010/05/12/arizona-spittlebug/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2010/05/12/arizona-spittlebug/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 07:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Invertebrates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/?p=1144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spittlebugs or Froghoppers are small, plant sap-sucking bugs in the family Cercopidae. Adult Spittlebugs look like Leafhoppers and like them are good jumpers. Spittlebug nymphs (immatures) are sedentary and rarely seen. If you spot what appears to be a white, foamy glob of spit in a bush, it is most likely hiding a Spittlebug nymph. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giant Centipede</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2010/04/26/giant-centipede/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2010/04/26/giant-centipede/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:25:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hawaiian Invertebrates]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/?p=1138</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Although Hawaii does not have snakes, there are slithery, venomous creatures here like the Giant Centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes). Giant Centipedes were accidentally introduced to Hawaii by humans, perhaps by the Polynesians or by the first explorers, and they have since become one of the most feared and hated pests here because of their venomous and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Long-tailed Blue Butterfly</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2010/04/13/long-tailed-blue-butterfly/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2010/04/13/long-tailed-blue-butterfly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 03:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hawaiian Invertebrates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Long-tailed Blue (Lampides boeticus) butterflies are native to Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. These butterflies were accidentally introduced to Hawaii in the late 1800s, so they have had plenty of time to become well established here and are now one of Hawaii&#039;s most common butterflies. The Long-tailed Blue is also commonly known as the Peablue, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hawaii Tsunami Evacuation</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2010/02/27/hawaiitsunami-evacuation/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2010/02/27/hawaiitsunami-evacuation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Offbeat Hawaii]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The tsunami sirens have been going off and I have to evacuate. I live on the southeastern side of the Big Island of Hawaii in a rental house just one house away from the ocean at an elevation of only 8 feet above sea level, so I am very worried! Update: The barricades to my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What NOT to do in a tsunami</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2010/01/10/what-not-to-do-in-a-tsunami/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2010/01/10/what-not-to-do-in-a-tsunami/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Offbeat Hawaii]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I live in a tsunami evacuation area here in Hawaii, and this weird warning sign below is the actual one for my neighborhood.]]></description>
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		<title>Chiricahua Pine White</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2010/01/04/chiricahua-pine-white/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2010/01/04/chiricahua-pine-white/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Butterflies and Moths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Invertebrates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chiricahua Pine White (Neophasia terlooii) butterflies are found in high elevation pine forests in southeastern Arizona and Mexico. To make things confusing, some sources classify these butterflies as Neophasia terlootii (note the added &#034;t&#034;), and they are also commonly called Mexican Pine White or Chiricahua White butterflies. These butterflies are usually found above 6234 feet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blue Moon Over Hawaii</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2009/12/31/blue-moon-over-hawaii/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2009/12/31/blue-moon-over-hawaii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 07:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hawaiian Wild Plants]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A blue moon is the second full moon in any month. This blue moon was over the Big Island of Hawaii on New Year&#039;s Eve, December 31, 2009. The blue moon was shining through a pair of Cook Pines (Araucaria columnaris) along the coast. Cook Pines always lean away from the ocean, so you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cuban Slug</title>
		<link>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2009/09/09/cuban-slug/</link>
		<comments>http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2009/09/09/cuban-slug/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>T. Beth Kinsey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hawaiian Invertebrates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Cuban Slugs or Two-striped Slugs (Veronicella cubensis) have become common garden pests in some parts of Hawaii. Cuban Slugs are native to Cuba, but they have spread to other islands in the Caribbean and have recently been accidentally introduced to the Hawaiian Islands. They were discovered on Oahu in 1985 and soon spread to the [...]]]></description>
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