Botanizing w/ the WGNSS Botany Group at Matson Hill Park

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Cicindela scutellaris rugata has been recorded from this site, and it was the nearest of several sites I plan to visit for this subspecies. I didn't get here until close to 6 pm and was worried I wouldn't have time to find suitable habitat. That was no problem, as I quickly found the Post Oak Trail that had perfect habitat—open, post oak woodland with deep sand substrate. By all accounts the beetles should have been all over the trail but they weren't. I did note that the area was exceedingly dry, as evidenced by the wilted plants along the trail side, and I also note that the previous record of the beetle was from Oct. 23rd—more than three weeks later than now. I didn't find the other scutellaris subspecies (flavoviridis) at the previous site today (Perdenales Falls State Park), which also had lots of good habitat but looked dry, so I'm beginning to believe that my timing is a bit early, especially considering that I've only found scutellaris at the northernmost site I've visited (Cobb Hollow back on Sunday). One good thing—I saw a young timber rattle snake crossing the trail and was able to break out the big camera after snapping the attached iPhone pic and fire off a fee shots before it headed for cover. 

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