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Brown-shaded Gray Geometer Moth
A tiny moth with a big name.

Not the last gun I bought,
the last gun that Hunter Biden bought.
Maybe I missed it, but
was the Colt Cobra tossed in the trash
by his girlfriend/brother's widow
ever recovered?
Where is it now?

Small China Rose bush spiked with coffee grounds.

Common Drone Fly and Spotted Pink Ladybeetle

Genus Common Green Lacewings.
Exact species not determined.

This is a Gum Bumelia, another big tree that blew down. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczPH5maUyrhSwZ7eWQpk5mB678Vyc3Xq_SKBNjzEJCRSnTljT3eavliEerq0OKv7lpRUbSU-iOQ_9lU7w2c82qIrGzybSZPfSEK4TVjaL_JqQlUaUK4e=w2400 I had been concerned about this one falling on the carport but it fell harmlessl...

This is a Hackberry afflicted with Nipplegall Psylla, a plant-parasitic hemipteran. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczOyBF-XQlQztENDtIfxjeRn8laJh5nV7YZpFgJYTNCmS1K2QpYNhAyB_DyvsH9yvLVAsJjzxvL6RfGCxfOVv2Nv4LI0QIE7aO1XsoRnIhNp-gAAlTIF=w2400 It was more than 50 feet tall. I never really took n...

I was not aware of this thread.
Nor was I aware a member could be summoned
by posting an @member name
I need to get out more.

Black Mulberry

6 out of 7 green lights for North American Rat Snake.

The app on my iPhone has been a pleasure.
Just this morning I identified two new wild flowers
and a new tree on my place.
In case I haven't mentioned it before
the seek by iNaturalist app is free.

Margined Calligrapher

seek by iNaturalist app shows 7 out of 7 for American Toad

Yes, that's a nice one.

That is an awesome collection of 1911 pattern pistols.

Wow, that fox is very cool. This Long-Flange Millipede, not so much. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczN_vM3qeFCkQgaXkTt7klAqA7N8I45LUgmf_Gyh0KhIac6xSrtIQ4jDTD0r9o7PVkrz8AJmJMjg36tOmll3nXMrW1FGktqhCtbwVt3C8bvczAf5WMSN=w2400 This Northern Cardinal female hit the picture window. About half th...

I can't take credit for it.
The iNaturalist SEEK app told me.

Well done, Sir. The white chin and throat are suggestive of an Eastern or Black Rat Snake. A good snake to have around the house. This time of year when they are shedding their skin they will sometimes deliberately get into tight places to help with the shedding. We once found one that had died part...

This picture of a dead coyote may offend sensitive viewers. Personally, I would feed coyotes and give them names but as a rancher, I'm in the cattle business, not the coyote business. Once you have an experience like I had in 2016 chronicled in this thread in September of 2022 The Legend of Peanut i...

SEEK scored that snake 7 out of 7 for a Red Diamond Rattlesnake.
The venomous pit viper found in southwestern California.

I'm not sure I would have let that one go.

SEEK gave me a six out of seven for the Eastern Rat Snake. I would call that a Black Racer, given the speed cited. One interesting characteristic of Black Racers, they will periscope, hold their heads and necks up a foot or more to look for prey. Driving through a pasture you can see them sticking u...