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They're alive. Checked out a spot I've been thinking would be good. Found unmistakeable fresh HL scat in several places. Not more than a day old, and whoppers of scat they were, mate. Gotta be from some big THL females. Very encouraging discovery.
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"A man that should call everything by it's right name, would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy." The Complete Works of George Savile, First Marquess of Halifax 1912,246

Horned lizards from medina county and south Uvalde and south have pretty much not made a showing this year due to drought. while we have had rains aparently not enough. I am researching an area out in Uvalde COunty for another project and proiably have walked over hundreds of ant piles within the last month and yet to have seen any scat or prescence. However north of these areas where rain has been more plentiful I do understand they are more active. What area are you located in? I would assume more northernly which wouldn't suprose me that you have seen scat. Good luck.
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Wichita Falls

Only 1 day of notable rain though, going on 2 months. This is the first evidence of HL's I have seen so far, after searching for months over several square miles of prime looking habitat.
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"A man that should call everything by it's right name, would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy." The Complete Works of George Savile, First Marquess of Halifax 1912,246

Success! Talked to a landowner Sun. morning and asked if he had seen any HLs lately. He says; "I ain't seen any horny toads in....I guess, about a week". A week! really? Can you show me where? So he shows me, and says he moves them out of the way over to the ant colonies when he's coming up his drive or mowing. He was headed to El Paso, but said I was welcome to come around and poke about. So I came out later than afternoon and found one before I even got the car stopped. About 30 yards up his drive was a big female basking on the gravel. I didn't take my eyes off her even when I was parking. She didn't even flinch when I picked her up. Just like she had been picked up all her life. She was a big one.

Just a few yards away I found a juvenile female camped out on the trail the harvester ants had made through the grass. This girl was a little more perturbed, and she squirted blood when I picked her up. Found these two within 5 minutes of each other in an area less dense with harvester ant colonies than where I usually hunt.
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"A man that should call everything by it's right name, would hardly pass the streets without being knocked down as a common enemy." The Complete Works of George Savile, First Marquess of Halifax 1912,246