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Cabbage Looper Moth (Trichoplusia ni)Observer
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Eats all of my kale in my garden in San Francisco and in San Diego. Leaves a kale skeleton. The Cabbage Looper is a member of the moth family Noctuidae. It is found throughout the southern Palaearctic ecozone, all of North America, parts of Africa and most of the Oriental, parts of Europe and Indo-Australian region.
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
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Missing Location
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Genus MuscinaObserver
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Very hard to take a picture of.
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Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)Observer
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Male duck. The mallard or wild duck is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia.
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Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)Observer
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The mute swan is a species of swan, and thus a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It is native to much of Europe and Asia, and the far north of Africa. It is also an introduced species in North America, Australasia and southern Africa.
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Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)Observer
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Fennel is a plant species in the genus Foeniculum. It is a member of the family Apiaceae. It is a hardy, perennial, umbelliferous herb, with yellow flowers and feathery leaves.
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Typical Glass Snails (Genus Oxychilus)Observer
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Snail.
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California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)Observer
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Eschscholzia californica is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae, native to the United States and Mexico, and the official state flower of California. Scientific name: Eschscholzia Californica.
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California-Lilacs (Genus Ceanothus)Observer
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Has blues flowering. Native to SF. Ceanothus L. is a genus of about 50–60 species of shrubs or small trees in the family Rhamnaceae. The genus is confined to North America, with the center of its distribution in California.
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Sages (Genus Salvia)Observer
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Native in SF. Dull color. Salvia apiana is an evergreen perennial shrub that is native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, found mainly in the coastal sage scrub habitat of Southern California and Baja.
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Miner's Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata)Observer
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Miners lettuce. Native to west coast. Circular leaves. Tip rounded to acute. Edible. Pedals are two to six centimeters. Basal leaves. Fruit is 1.5-4 mm.
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Calla Lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica)Observer
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Not native to San Fransico. With its ivory white petals and lush green leaves, this elegant bloom is more than just something pretty to place in a vase.
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Bermuda Buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae)Observer
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Found around Claire Lilienthal Alternative School. Oxalis pes-caprae is a species of tristylous flowering plant in the wood sorrel family Oxalidaceae. Oxalis cernua is a less common synonym for this species.
