Welcome visitors to the garden

[Desert O'Piñon]

We have different colors on the desert honey mesquite.

Say cheese!

These are my favorite predatory insects.

 

[Goodbrake]

The lizards get a bit acrobatic around my garden!

 

[Desert O'Piñon]

Is that a species of anole?

 

[KateM]

And a fig fest

 

[KateM]

 

[KateM]

This one looks unusual for these parts...
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So this is Carolina mantis. It's the first time I observe them in our neck of the woods...
This one likes to sit outside the glass door at night catching bugs attracted by the light.