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| Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017. |
What a visual and olfactory feast when walking on the UTEP campus in March!
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| Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017. |
For some, the feast included the taste of nectar, as
below.
Another admirer, human, told me she thought the flowers smelled like grapes.
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| Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017. |
The lavishness of the
Texas mountain laurel displays was almost obscene. Come look at me! Touch me! Smell me!
I succumbed.
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| Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017. |
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| Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017. |
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| Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017. |
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| Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017. |
The violet carpenter beetles gorged on the sweet banquet.
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| Violet carpenter beetle on Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017. |
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| Violet carpenter beetle on Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017. |
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| Violet carpenter beetle on Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017. |
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| Violet carpenter beetle on Texas mountain laurel, UTEP, El Paso, Texas. March 2017. |
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