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I never realized how hard it is to tell Gray Fox and Kit Fox apart, at least for me. I'd be grateful to know of any key field marks that can be used from these photos. Maybe the ears are too small for Kit Fox?

A campground Kit Fox (Vulpes macrotis macrotis), Pinal County, Arizona

The second (cropped) image was taken 15 seconds after the first. This or another canid made grainier appearances around 4 and 5:30am.

Was away mosst of day, went i checked the chrysalis was empty and this butterfly was crawling across the driveway. I relocated it to my brittle bush to gather strength and fully complete. Adult from this larva observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192677798

~3 mm body, ~4 with ovipositor. cell r1 has 3 marginal hyaline spots. AI is "pretty sure" this is Euaresta genus. Found on a Brittlebush; Encelia farinosa stem. No ragweed; ambrosia observed in the area.