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Khwolf
1963
Journal
August 21 Oaxaca, Oaxaca to Cuernavaca, Morelos.
Were unable to obtain one. Heard twigs creaking from
holes in road at tank + saw two adults fly out.
One appeared to drop a fecal sac soon after emerging.
Perhaps this is a small nesting colony.
Continued north stopping in Atotonilco + Izucar de
Matamoros, Puebla, for food. Took road from
Matamoros to Cuautla, Morelos: Just beyond Chutla
when road is unpaved we saw at least 3 Sieber's
lizards feeding in weeds along road. This area is
mostly cut up for farming with some lying fallow +
growing up in weeds. Road from Morelos border to
Cuernavaca paved, but spots are full of holes.
Arrived Cuernavaca at 1700 + took room at
Villa International.
August 22 Cuernavaca, Morelos to 12mi. E. Zitacuaro, Michoacan
Up at 0530. Drove out to Canon de Lobos where had
breakfast & it was getting light. Spent until 0900 collecting
on wooded + shrubby hillides for Acmophile humeralis.
I walked to east along stream + came back up to road
in one of open ligume shrubs. Found Acmophila
ruficauda in this area. As walked back along road to
car, A. humeralis became common as vegetation became
denser + understory more composed of dicots than grasses.
ruficauda
+humerals