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Aphids - usually found on the
underside of the leaves or on the tips of new growth. |
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Yellow aphids on a Hoya. |
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An assassin bug on
burroweed waiting for its next victim. |
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This assassin bug has
captured a flying insect and is sucking the juices while other
flying insects surround the victim. |
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Swallowtail butterfly. |
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Note the Swallowtail egg near the end
of the citrus leaf near the center of the photograph. |
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Hard to believe this face will turn
into a Swallowtail butterfly if it survives. Caterpillar looks like a
bird dropping and feeds on young citrus leaves. |
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Pipevine Swallowtail,
Battus philenor, on red bird of paradise flower. |
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Praying Mantis. |
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The Mantis is a clever hunter waiting
patiently to catch its prey like this butterfly. The body was eaten
and the wings left behind. |
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Sometimes
when the male mantis breeds with the female she turns and bites the
male's head off and later eats the dead male. |
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Mantis egg casing. |
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Slug - this one came from a plant
purchased at a nursery. It's a garden pest, but not an insect. Like
its relative the snail it's a mollusk. |
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Garden
snails often get introduced to the Tucson garden when you bring home
new plants from the nursery. |
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Tarantula
Aphonopelma chalcodes |
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Tarantula Hawk. |
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Tarantula Hawk vs Tarantula photos. |
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Black widow spider. Has telltale red
hourglass on the underside. |
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This Orb Weaver is a
common sight in the garden. This one is feeding on the remnants of a
leaf hopper. |
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Top side of the
marbled Orb Weaver. |
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Hornworm. Out of its natural environment a
hornworm is easy to see. |
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Hornworms are voracious
eater. |
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Feeding on the branches of a tomato
plant the hornworm is well camouflaged. |
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Hornworm pupa found in the soil. |
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Hornworms become one of the fast moving Sphinx moths. |
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Squash borer eats the center out
of squash plant stems causing the plants to wilt. |
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Green loopers can do considerable
damage to plant leaves and leave unsightly droppings behind. |
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