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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 28m

I understand the concern, while I was watching a rock climber there he didn’t fall. bsky.app/profile/frwi...

FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 18h

Rock climber in Eldorado Canyon today, Leptoglossus occidentalis 🌿

A brown beetle climbing up a gray rock

“The western conifer seed bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis, sometimes abbreviated as WCSB, is a species of true bug (Hemiptera) in the family Coreidae. It is native to North America west of the Rocky Mountains …”

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 16h

Fall in Eldorado Canyon 🌿

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 1h

To be clear I didn’t think nor indicate you were being critical. Rather I was just explaining why I wouldn’t increase what I have to do to make my posts. I won’t be here forever and I’d like to keep posting as long as I can. Thanks for understanding, glad you’re enjoying our slice of nature. 👍

FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 1h

Fontinalis antipyretica, our Willow Moss, seen here after temporarily placed on a leaf next to the creek it was growing in. #nativeplants 🌿

Long dark leaves of willow moss against a leaf

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 14h

Western Milksnake at Eldorado Canyon today 🌿

Orange, black and white banded snake under a rock. Compare to size of pine needles, it was small!

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 17h

Typical rock in Eldorado Canyon today 🌿

Moss and lichen growing on a red boulder

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 17h

Lichen and moss cover the rock in Eldorado Canyon #nativeplants 🌿

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 17h

Redgarden Wall in Eldorado Canyon today 🌿

Reddish sandstone tower hundreds of feet tall. There are actually climbers in the gully if you can spot them.

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 18h

Lichens on quartz in Eldorado Canyon now 🌿

Yellow and grey lichen splashed across quartz outcrop

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 1h

While this is an interesting request, I’m unfamiliar with these definitions, a quick search shows 7-8 ecoregions in CO which means I’d have to figure them out before posting. I already tag # nativeplants & 🌿 and increasing my workload isn’t helpful. I’m still recovering from my heart attack as well.

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 12h

Totally fair. I thought it was a King Snake which this is actually related to but I’d no idea if King snakes are in CO nor if venomous or not. It was cold and snake very small so I thought it unlikely it would make a flying leap for my neck.