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Crawling down shagbark hickory (Carya ovata) tree.

Male bush. Last photo male on left, female on right.

Another colony growing at a Prairie Rosinweed (Silphium integrifolium) site.

4 to 5 areola in diagonal row across the widest part of the stem (pad). No spines. Fruit turning red. Awl shaped leaf buds, which are promptly deciduous.

Nesting in ground (?) among piles of mowed, dried grass

Just emerged from nest and crawling toward water.

female feeding on flowers

Mississippi is outside its supposed range. I had never seen any over past 10 years of observation, so I may be hopeful and wrong.