some kind of Danepteryx
I'm still struggling with AI, but Seek seems much more sensible than some I've used. Contrary to one AI claim, this is no cicada. It was tiny, shy, and hiding in the light fixture for my light trap. Still, I have nothing beyond Danepteryx.
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a gazania?
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a boatman fly, Los Angeles
I wonder how that pentagon-shaped flatness or indentation on the eye evolved. Or was it an accident?
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Agnocoris
Seek called this creature, which is about the size of a grain of sand requiring 3x, a member of the genus Agnocoris, a group of plant bugs. The rough terrain is a strip of athletic tape holding together the watercolor paper surface of my light trap.
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a palm flower moth, Los Angeles
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a fiery skipper and a honeybee forage together in sea lavender, Los Angeles
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a tall kangaroo paw blossom, Los Angeles
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a green bottle fly at rest
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Three brown pelicans
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a dried-up pride-of-Barbados flower, Los Angeles
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