A drive along Apache Trail

This afternoon, Lauren and I went for a drive along Apache trail, past the Superstitions, past Tortilla Flat, and almost to the unpaved portion. I stopped at several places along the drive to take pictures.

Just before Tortilla Flat, there was a lizard that was shedding. It looked really strange before we figured out what it was. He would run against rocks to get the skin off. You can see that he has removed some between two of the pictures. I tried to get a video of him doing that, but couldn't.

There was a big storm east of the Superstitions. I got a few pictures of the rainbow. Lauren kept finding heart-shaped prickly pear platyclades, and there are pictures of those.

Now, the contest. There are some pictures of bugs on platyclades. If you correctly identify the bugs, you win an autographed and framed print of whichever one of my pictures that you want. The most specific answer will win.

Click below to see all of the pictures.

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