Photos of Organisms in Oklahoma Prairie Habitats and the Ozarks in Arkansas

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Bison Bison with cowbirds fungi from Bison dung Dickcissel singing Asclepias viridis Baptesia australis Krameria--a hemiparasite Indian Paintbrush--another hemiparasite Prairie iris Syrphid flies on a prairie iris Wine cup (Malvaceae) Fringed Puccoon (Lithospermum sp.) Prairie legume Echinacea--purple cone flower Coreopsis sp. Prairie Coreopsis Eryngium leavenworthii Snow on the mountain (Euphorbia marginata) Liatris sp. unknown prairie flower Argiope Orthopteran Red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) spider that looks like a brown recluse Rough Green Snake in a tree Nesting turtle box turtle Lichens in the Wichita Mountains Question mark butterflies on exudates of hemipterans Question marks and red admirals on exudates of hemipterans Dragonfly Centauria sp. Indian blankets, etc. at the Wichita Mountains Wichita Mountains Spring 07 Wichita Mountains Spring 07 rain storm on the prairie Ragged Fringed Orchid in the Ozarks Locoweed in the Ozarks Asclepias tuberosa with Great Spangled fritilaries in the Ozarks Asclepias tuberosa with Great Spangled fritilaries in the Ozarks Great Spangled fritilary on Echinacea in the Ozarks Painted lady on Echinacea in the Ozarks Zebra Swallowtails mating in the Ozarks Arctiid moth in the Ozarks Ants tending Aphids (Ozarks) Harvestmen with mites (Ozarks) Tradescantia with Orthopteran (Ozarks) Amanita in the Ozarks

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