I found this chonk this morning crawling on a water soaked patio rug a long ways from its host tree.
I think it is one of the two I saw in the tree a couple days ago. I hope the rain didn’t do the caterpillar harm. #invertes

Chonk number two on the same tree. This one will need to u-turn, it ate all the leaves on that little branch!
They have good camo especially when small. But when chonky, well, they stick out like a green thumb! And the frazz on the ground is a clue one is around.

#invertes Sphinx moth

Per iNaturalist , a White-banded crab spider laying low on blooms of a Baccharis bush. And patience paid off as it looks like it caught a Hover fly.
🌿 #invertes

Who’s got iridescence? Yes you do, Figeater beetle!
Several #invertes on our Desert Broom Baccharis #NativePlants 🌿

A shy Flame Skimmer attempts to hide its head under its crimson wings. Guess what, buddy? I can see you!
Dragonfly #invertes

A Cloudless sulfur caterpillar on its host plant this morning - a Popcorn cassia shrub. No bright yellow blooms to eat so the cat is green with a yellow racing stripe. 🦋 #invertes
My hand still smells of buttered popcorn from rubbing the leaves 🍿