bpeck02's Identifications

This is a Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) that I photographed while out on my bi-weekly ButterflySCAN outing. ButterflySCAN is a Citizen Science project of the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum.

For the ButterflySCAN project, I have been assigned a location to explore every two weeks. My site is called Solano Canyon and is located northwest of downtown Los Angeles. (I enjoy this activity so much that sometimes I go every week, or every week-and-a-half, rather than waiting the full two weeks.) During my outing I walk through the neighborhood looking for, and counting, the various butterflies that I encounter. I also try to get photos of the butterflies that I see. (This photo is one that I took recently.)

I also record my butterfly observations on the e-Butterfly.org website.

Function: Cooperate within same species. Viven en colonias de varias flores, trabajan en conjunto para atraer a animales que puedan esparcir el material genético de estas plantas.

Design principle: con muchos elementos llamativos, atraer la atención para que la información viaje largas distancias

Design applications: resilient econmic model.