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Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata)Observer
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Hanging out in our Yurt!
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California Ground Squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi)Observer
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Foraging - on carob pods?
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Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax)Observer
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Carthay Circle; DCA
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Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)Observer
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TreePeople Campus, Coldwater Canyon Park. Mid-morning, 10 am. Came back for some leg warming twice.
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Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata)Observer
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This looked like a lizard with no legs, but didn't seem like the species of glass lizards we have locally. Spotted in rustic Canyon, after the dam. Also saw a a striped racer in this area, but could not get a pic.
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Spiders (Order Araneae)Observer
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On sign in front of Natural History Museum.
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Gray Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca nitens)Observer
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Was wiggling abdomen in the DG (see small home to the left of the grasshopper). Checked with entomology staff cause it was wiggling its abdomen in the DG, it was probably laying eggs. There were a total of three spots in the area where it looked like eggs were laid.
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Lady Beetles (Family Coccinellidae)Observer
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Appeared to be in the process of pupating - this is a screen grab from a short video I took. It was wiggling back and forth, and you can see the molt of the larva near it's anchor point on the leaf.
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Golden Paper Wasp (Polistes aurifer)Observer
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Eating what looked like a Lepidoptera larvae.
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Angulate and Roundshouldered Orbweavers (Genus Araneus)Observer
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Still a juvenile, has stripes like a Neoscoan, but broad bumps on carapace like an Araneus. Looked like she was eating some silk.
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Mallophora fautrixObserver
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Looks like its a fly, only one easy to see pair of wings and what may be haltares under the wings.
