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Sacred Datura (Datura wrightii)Observer
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Spotted growing next to empty lot
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House Flies and Allies (Family Muscidae)Observer
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Very small
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Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus)Observer
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Sunflower going in an empty lot
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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Has really big leaf's with little sharp ends.
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
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Has a vascular system, the leaf's grow organized.
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Common Evening-Primrose (Oenothera biennis)Observer
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Yellow flower with with for petals
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Gilbert's Skink (Plestiodon gilberti)Observer
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Long and skinny lizard that moves really fast
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True Crickets and Allies (Superfamily Grylloidea)Observer
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Very dark color and was seen at night
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Common Pill Woodlouse (Armadillidium vulgare)Observer
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Very small and rolls up when touched
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Cockroaches and Termites (Order Blattodea)Observer
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A little
Smaller then an inch long
Light brown with darker bottom
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European Earwig Complex (Complex Forficula auricularia)Observer
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Very small and was seen on the side of the side walk. Has pinchers in the back with antennas on the head.
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Western Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus)Observer
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The spider is about an inch in size
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Crane Flies (Infraorder Tipulomorpha)Observer
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This picture shows a mosquito trapped in a spider web.. It's ok the mosquito was still alive when I took the picture. Very skinny body.
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Cellar Spiders (Family Pholcidae)Observer
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Very small body with long legs. Also referred to as daddy long-legs spider.
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Blue Dasher (Pachydiplax longipennis)Observer
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It was blue and two big bulging eye looking .. It flew fast
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European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)Observer
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They are hard to see. They would be crawling through the grass, and I noticed that a group of them where killing some other bug. The Yellow Jacket is back and yellow
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California Buckeye (Aesculus californica)Observer
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Leaf's look orange and dried out. It is a summer deciduous tree.
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Spiders (Order Araneae)Observer
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Very small spider, the colors are black white and brown.
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Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)Observer
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A bee with stripes abdomen going yellow black yellow black
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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)Observer
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Picture was take at csu Stan in Turlock CA.
The duck is dark brown with black and white feathers.
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Common Water Hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes)Observer
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The plant grows purple flowers. The purple flowers have dots on them. These plants are an invasive species that cause harm to Rivera because it blocks the river flow.
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Willows (Genus Salix)Observer
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This picture is of a willow in knights Ferry. Willows are usually found near rivers and moist soils. The plants looks like a mixture between a shrub and a tree.
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Trailing Blackberry (Rubus ursinus)Observer
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The leaf on this plants has sharp cuts. Has a vascular system, they where green but I did not see any berries.
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California Wild Grape (Vitis californica)Observer
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This California wild grape was almost everywhere. It could be seen growing on the ground and even way up on trees. Some had small grapes, but not many. You can see from the leafs that the plant has a vascular system.
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Beeches, Oaks, Walnuts, and Allies (Order Fagales)Observer
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The tree is tall and branches off in several directions