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Bugs on Ice, A Quest To Find Insects in the Upper Lillooet Provincial Park

Looking for bugs on an snowfield? What an odd activity. Well we spent three days in a remote area of Southwest BC searching for insects trapped in the snow. What an adventure it was!

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Eeeeeeee! Finally spotted multiple flowering cacti this weekend! Woot! Woot! 🌼
Eeeeeee! What a CUTIE! It was so exciting to observe this Desert Banded Gecko, Coleonyx variegatus ssp. variegatus on yesterday's morning walk. What a TREAT! 
Gosh these have to be the FUNKIEST plants in the desert. Or at least in the running for the top spot. I just love these big goofy Ocotillos SO MUCH!
Just another incredible desert-dwelling Angiosperm! This Ratany, believed to be Krameria bicolor, (White Ratany) is truly a stunner! WOWZA! 
Ghost Flower (Mohavea confertiflora) is definitely in the runnings for my favorite desert-dwelling flower I've found so far. Its totally BANANAS that this plant was flourishing in such a gravely dry spot, seemingly blooming out of crusty dust. So neat.
💛Eeeee! What gorgeous little yellow flowers! I've seen the Desert Trumpet (Eriogonum inflatum) in a couple of dry habitats throughout California, but never flowering before! The delicate hairy flowers and lovely exerted stamens are so scrumptiously golden yellowy-green but so teeeeeny tiny!

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