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	<title> &#187; Insects</title>
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	<description>Observing Nature in Southeast Arizona and Beyond</description>
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		<title>Signs of Spring</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2011/03/23/signs-of-spring/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cochise County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dragoon Mountain Foothills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Selasphorus platycercus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Selasphorus rufus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skunkbush Sumac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stellula calliope]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trichocereus grandiflorus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) It&#8217;s officially Spring now, but Mother Nature doesn&#8217;t always seem to know that so we don&#8217;t start planting until well into April. March was incredibly mild as if to make up for the frigid weather in February that killed a lot of plants that have sailed through past winters. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giant Mesquite Bugs</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2010/09/22/giant-mesquite-bugs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cochise County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dragoon Mountain Foothills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) It appears the bats have changed their diet. We&#8217;re now finding this on the porch floors each morning in place of the moth parts: Insect Parts Initially I thought these were from grasshoppers or beetles but I also wondered how bats would find those insects at night. Then one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Little Green Eggs (conclusion)</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2009/12/07/the-little-green-eggs-conclusion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:29:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cochise County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caterpillar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hubbard's Sphinx Moth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sphingicampa hubbardii]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) It took 40 days for the Hubbard&#8217;s Small Silkmoth (Sphingicampa hubbardi) caterpillars to complete this stage of their life-cycle. Two days after hatching and feeding on mesquite leaves the caterpillars, originally just a few millimeters in length, began to green up and grow. Two Days Old (8/21) Notice the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Little Green Eggs (part 1)</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2009/11/28/little-green-eggs/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2009/11/28/little-green-eggs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cochise County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moths]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caterpillar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hubbard's Sphinx Moth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[instar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moth eggs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sphingicampa hubbardii]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sphinx moth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nestbox.com/blog/?p=1468</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) As I sit here pondering what to post about next, I&#8217;m looking at the terrarium that holds over-wintering pupa containing the promise of moths to come. I&#8217;m sure I won&#8217;t be seeing them until next spring, so writing about them now will remind me what a learning experience that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March Butterflies</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2009/03/21/march-butterflies/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2009/03/21/march-butterflies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Butterflies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cochise County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Powdered-Skipper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Black Swallowtail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dainty Sulphur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexican Yellow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Painted Lady]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pipevine Swallowtail]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiny Checkerspot]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nestbox.com/blog/?p=603</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(click on photo to enlarge) With warmer weather approaching (we&#8217;ve been in the high 70s, low 80s this week), more insect activity is evident. My meager offerings in the butterfly and hummingbird gardens have already attracted an amazing variety of insects. Seventeen species of butterflies have visited the flowering plants such as Lantana, Gaura lindheimeri, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feeder Birds (part 1)</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/12/13/feeder-birds-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/12/13/feeder-birds-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 03:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cochise County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mammals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on photo to enlarge) Many other birds besides sparrows have visited our feeding station and in this and upcoming posts I&#8217;ll be discussing those species. I&#8217;ve rejoined Cornell&#8217;s Project Feederwatch this year. I actually joined Project Feederwatch when it first began in the 1980s when we lived in Colorado and kept it up for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Fall Arthropods</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/11/27/fall-insects/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/11/27/fall-insects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:57:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arachnids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Butterflies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cochise County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nestbox.com/blog/?p=445</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) While down in the wash photographing butterflies, one can&#8217;t help but notice the abundance of other insects on the Yellow Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus). Some are seeking nectar, others are using the stems for basking or are chewing on the leaves. Others lie in wait for some unsuspecting insect to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Rabbitbrush Blooms</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/11/15/when-rabbitbrush-blooms/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/11/15/when-rabbitbrush-blooms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Butterflies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cochise County]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ctenucha Moth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rabbitbrush]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on a photo to enlarge) October light brings the Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus) into bloom. It is a highly anticipated time for those of us interested in pollinators, especially Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus) Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus) The wash that runs through our land is populated with many Rabbitbrush shrubs. They must like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Packing Up and Yard Observations</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/09/14/packing-up-and-yard-happenings/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/09/14/packing-up-and-yard-happenings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Butterflies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mammals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moths]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tucson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wanderings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on photo to enlarge) This could be my last post from Tucson. Our house is just about ready for occupancy and we&#8217;re very excited. The downside is the packing. So, as a pleasant way to avoid boxing up more stuff, I&#8217;ve decided to bring things up-to-date on yard happenings. Tecoma stans &#8216;Orange Jubilee&#8217; One [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Calliandra, Blue Butterflies &amp; Ants (conclusion)</title>
		<link>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/09/06/calliandra-blue-butterflies-ants-conclusion/</link>
		<comments>http://nestbox.com/blog/2008/09/06/calliandra-blue-butterflies-ants-conclusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arlene Ripley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Butterflies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tucson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(click on photo to enlarge) In the last post we left off with mature chrysalids. Now we will watch a butterfly eclose (emerge). In the first photo, if you look carefully at the left side of the chrysalis, you can see it beginning to split open. Eclosure begins As the butterfly pushes out of its [...]]]></description>
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