Petey waxes poetic about life and finally describes a native Lotus. Let’s listen.
Lotus greenei is truly a beautiful wildflower and yes, it does need to be grown and made available in nurseries. But seeing it in the wild is pretty cool too, so call in well to work and go look for it. Just do it.
In birder lingo loggerhead shrikes are uncommon in southeastern Arizona. Some winters and springs it seems there is a shrike on every other fence...
Though Sonoran Desert millipedes are nocturnal, this is the time of year when you see them out and about on muggy overcast days. Sometimes...
I learned that there are twenty-six species of milkweed longhorn beetles (Tetraopes spp.) and up to fifteen of those are in the US. I...