There is not a whole lot more I want to add to this show, except that there is a road across the grassland and I still go there for stories. I hope you have a road or trail or special place that makes you want to sing. Happy 2019 my friends.
When I initially wrote this story I was using Lyman Benson’s The Cactus of Arizona as my reference and the queen of the night...
The photos are mine of the Mirabilis longiflora flowers and Manduca sexta, the Carolina sphinx moth and tobacco hornworm. Note the seven streamline white...
The common name of Calylophus hartwegii is Sundrops. That’s considerably easier to say and I suspect that the common name covers a few species...