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| An overcast sky |
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| One-spot profile |
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| What made this hole? |
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| Dirt lug nut |
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| Two-spot profile |
Saturday, November 17, 2012
A Puzzle
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Less Cold
1st 4: across the desert to the Organ Mountains Less cold this morning due to slightly higher temperature and no wind. Sun was only half a...
3 comments:
Becca is her usual curious self.
My guess, Packrat, is that they were made by a wasp or a spider. They look like entrances to tunnels that the critters were trying to keep open by applying saliva to cement the sand grains together. If they were completely "free" from the underlying soil, I wonder if the responsible critter opened the hole, paralyzed an insect victim, laid its eggs in the victim to feed its developing larvae, buried the victim, and then closed up the hole, leaving only the collars on the surface. That's my best guess.
Scott:
That sounds like a pretty good guess. I'm awarding you the grand prize, a set of six dirt lug nuts for a classic Flinstones-style used car.
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