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IN THIS ISSUE
65. Updates and Tidbits
¥ Bats
¥ Blister Beetles and Cantharidin
¥ Humans and the Rest of Nature
¥ Sex
¥ Weather
¥ Monarchs
¥ White-lined Sphinx Moths
¥ Social Learning in Birds
¥ Evolutionary Processes
¥ Fluorescent Pigmentation in Long-eared Owls
¥ Dust Storms
¥ Charles Wright and a Cuban Anole
¥ Woodrats and Venom
¥ Mines of the Black Range
¥ Rio Grande Rift
¥ Monsoon Rainfall in Hillsboro
2. Lac and Creosote
A bit of the natural history of the Lac Scale (Tachardiella
larreae) found on the Creosote (Larrea tridentata) in our
area.
10. Northern Cardinal Nesting
11. A Few More Odonata - The 2024 Field
Season
James Von Loh shares images and insights from his
research into the Odonata of this area.
22. Odonata Updates
22. The Glow of a Tanager
Black and white feather layers enhance the brilliant
colors seen in the feathers of many bird species.
72. Giant Water Scavenger Beetle (Hydrophilus
species) Oviposition/Reproduction/
Foraging Notes
24. New Exhibits at the Hillsboro Natural
History Museum
Our April 1 News Release.
James Von Loh shares images and insights from an
intriguing observation at the Dripping Springs
Retention Pond.
26. Two Stamens - Menodora scabra
27. Orange Flying Beetles
77. What People are Reading and Listening To
Images of swarming orange beetles, Neolycus
fernandezi and Lycostomus loripes.
78. Rabb Park Trail Update
32. Pleistocene Vertebrates
82. Cooperative National Geologic Map
33. Egg Mass on Littleleaf Sumac and Datana
perspicua - July 2025
83. Records of Vivid Dancer from the Black
Range in Grant and Sierra Counties, New
Mexico
What happens when you Þnd an egg mass the size of
your thumbnail on a Littleleaf Sumac leaf?
Jonathan Batkin shares his research into the range of
this species, adding it as a new species in Sierra
County in the process.
40. Then and Now - As Seen in Maps
54. Exuvium
90. Seepwillow - A Wasp Magnet
56. Sora in Kingston
96. Aurora Borealis
57. Spine-tipped Dancer Field VeriÞcation
97. Results of the 2025 Hillsboro Christmas
Bird Count
58. Acrolophus kearfotti
61. Hunting and Gathering - Of Poults and
Pineseeds
98. Bird Cam Images of Sphinx Moth
In our last issue we reprinted ÒFire SpeciesÓ, one of the
essays from BarschÕs book. Bob Barsch gave us
permission to republish another essay from Hunting
and Gathering. This on ÒcountingÓ, a tool of the trade.
Contact the Editor: Bob Barnes
(rabarnes@blackrange.org)
Associate Editor Emeritus - Harley Shaw
Copy and Associate Editor - Rebecca Hallgarth
The Black Range Naturalist is a
ÒNot For RevenueÓ Journal
Previous issues are available for download at this link
(www.blackrange.org/the-black-range-naturalist/)
63. Identifying Mammals on Wildlife Cameras
63. Desert Stalked Puffball, Battarrea phalloides
Front Cover: Globemallow Leaf Beetle, Calligrapha
serpentina, Hillsboro
Back Cover: Datana perspicua egg mass, Warm Springs
Wash, NE of Hillsboro
Unattributed material is contributed by the editor.
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