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Meet the snakefly (Family Raphidioptera), a menacing-looking yet harmless insect native to the western states. These tiny predators are related to lacewings and are thus not “true flies”—snakeflies have two pairs of delicately veined wings, while true flies have just one. This individual was seen on the east flank of Steens Mountain earlier this summer. 📸: Peter Pearsall #snakefly #highdesert #oregondesert #greatbasin #malheurnationalwildliferefuge #friendsofmalheur
Did you know that during the summers of 1987 and 1988, a pair of semipalmated plovers was observed nesting at Malheur Refuge? The breeding range of this species normally encompasses the coasts of Alaska and northern Canada. This was Oregon’s first breeding record of these plovers. 📸: Peter Pearsall #semipalmatedplover #plover #shorebirds #highdesert #oregondesert #greatbasin #malheurnationalwildliferefuge #friendsofmalheur
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These lovely birds also bred in 1993, 1994 and 2000 at the north spit of Coos Bay.
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Ate a little caterpillar.