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Length around 8 - 10 mm. On White Tack-Stem, Calycoseris wrightii. @cehmoth: Check? To me (amateur) this resembles Schinia regina except dark hindwing. Thanks!

Flowering in late December

Under dead sotol clump

In andesite boulders, elev 1393 m (4571 ft). @matt_becker, @aspidoscelis: check this if you have time?

On sandy gravel among creosote scrub, elev 1326 m (4352 ft)

Creosote - mesquite flats

On creosote bush, top of hill.

Very fresh shed, presumably from this individual, found in bush nearby. This was the morning after 0.4 in of rain.

With badger companion!
https://www.fws.gov/story/spotted-coyote-and-badger-hunting-together

@jumping_arachnids: P. aureus?

Sandy soil within creosotebush shrubland also supporting soaptree yucca near the entrance to the Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park. The morning was sunny, warm, and breezy.

Below hillcrest, south-facing, resting on crosotebush, substrate is volcanic cobble and boulders, creosotebush / mixed succulent shrubland community. 03242020.

Time lapse over 1 month (April 2015)

The bird called several times, a short mournful-sounding descending whistle,

Flock foraging in grass and creosote scrub. Hard to catch these little birds sitting still.