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Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata)Observer
audrey2Description
Dead on the sidewalk, looked very fresh ☹️ tail obviously broken. Left for the crows to hopefully eat.
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Mammals (Class Mammalia)Observer
audrey2Description
Raccoon? Opossum? Is the possible tail drag (if it is) from same animal (opossum)? 3” long
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California Ground Squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi)Observer
audrey2Description
So many, everywhere, for our entire 4+ mile hike
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Dotted Paropsine Leaf Beetle (Paropsis atomaria)Observer
audrey2Description
These are everywhere today. Swarming after the rain? Possibly either coming from the base of the tree and then climbing the actual eucalypts or nearby plants and then flying up into the leaves. Some look very fresh and pale.
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Salt Marsh Moth (Estigmene acrea)Observer
audrey2Description
So many of these, all on the same plant type. On side of bike path
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
audrey2Description
Walking on sidewalk in park. This is a color photo.
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Ants, Bees, and Stinging Wasps (Infraorder Aculeata)Observer
audrey2Description
ID guess from iNat. This bug flew away (not an ant, iNat’s top guess).
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Behr's Metalmark (Apodemia virgulti)Observer
audrey2Description
Many of these out today!
