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Common Five-lined Skink On A Log

By Mia McPherson|August 31st, 2026|Categories: Common Five-lined Skinks, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: bottomlands, Common Five-lined Skink, deadfall, fallen, lizard, lizards, log, Plestiodon fasciatus, reptiles, skink, skinks, summer, tree|

If I hadn't found this Common Five-lined Skink the last time I went to Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, I would have driven home with only documentary images.

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Horned Passalus Beetle Photos From Oklahoma

By Mia McPherson|July 26th, 2023|Categories: Horned Passalus Beetles, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, beetle, beetles, bess beetles, Betsey Beetles, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, crawling, decaying, fallen, food, Horned Passalus Beetle, insects, log, Odontotaenius disjunctus, Patent-leather Beetles, searching, spring, tree, wood|

I'm focusing on beetles this morning. More precisely, I'm sharing Horned Passalus Beetle photos that I took at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

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American Lotus And Dragonflies

By Mia McPherson|July 18th, 2023|Categories: American Lotus, Eastern Pondhawks, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, American Lotus, aquatic wildflower, bloom, blooming, blossom, dragonflies, dragonfly, Eastern Pondhawk, Eastern Pondhawk Dragonfly, Erythemis simplicicollis, fallen, female, flowering, leaves, log, lotus, lotuses, male, Nelumbo lutea, Reeves Slough, slough, spring, wetlands, yellow wildflowers|

Today's post is about American Lotus, dragonflies, and the rich habitat of Reeve's Slough at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in northeastern Oklahoma.

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Female And Male Common Whitetail Dragonfly Photos

By Mia McPherson|July 4th, 2023|Categories: Common Whitetail, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: adult, bottomland hardwood forests, bottomlands, Common Whitetail, Common Whitetail Dragonfly, dragonflies, dragonfly, fallen, female, male, odonata, Plathemis lydia, spring, tree|

Last month, while visiting Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma, I was able to take quite a few female and male Common Whitetail dragonfly photos.

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