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Gingers, Bananas, and Allies (Order Zingiberales)Observer
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Ginger growing in a botanic garden. Not cultivated.
15 cm wide
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Blue-eyed Ensign Wasp (Evania appendigaster)Observer
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Found by students on our campus
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Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies (Family Asteraceae)Observer
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Four-speckled Hover Fly (Dioprosopa clavata)Observer
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Wasp-mimicking fly. Length 1 cm long. Fly had red eyes and nubby, short antenna.
Student named Jerry caught this on our high school's campus. These photos are taken with the help of a 5x loupe.
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Tuftroot (Dieffenbachia seguine)Observer
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In my classroom. .5 meter tall.
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Genus StagmomantisObserver
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Sitting on a agapanthus near a spider web. Approximately 3 cm long from head to end of abdomen.
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Mantids (Family Mantidae)Observer
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Large mantis hanging upside on an ornamental agave. Initially, I thought it was a molt or dead because on its precarious manner of attaching to the leaf.
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Southern Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata)Observer
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Juvenile. Found on the floor of our house. Near the front door. Lacking dark blotches and patterning. Approximately 20 cm long and 1 cm at the widest. To note: while I was attempting to catch the young lizard, it attempted to hide under the arch of my foot.
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Bark Lynx Spider (Hamataliwa grisea)Observer
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On car window. When bothered, spider dropped down two inches on silk. Approximately 1 cm long in the documented position. Male as determined by enlarged pedipalps.
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Old World Rats (Genus Rattus)Observer
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Found this rodent trying to eat an old slice of pizza in oak leaf litter. It jumped onto the slice three times and then scurried away. In the blurry photo... The light fur on its feet and underside are almost visible. I looked for this characteristic while observing it.
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Oriental Long-tailed Grass Lizard (Takydromus sexlineatus)Observer
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Found this lizard at 7:30 am. Cold concrete floor of my classroom. Not very quick or reactive. I am surprised by the length of its tail. Its body length was about 7 centimeters and tail was at least twice as long as that. Potentially was caught in hairs on floor.
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White-lined Sphinx (Hyles lineata)Observer
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two large moths slurping nectar from purple lantana vines at Goff's rest stop. various other pollinators around.
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Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)Observer
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found this on a south-facing windowsill. behaviors included briefly flying and crawling along surfaces and cracks.
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Mantises (Order Mantodea)Observer
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Pupa found on an old crape myrtle tree. about 5 feet off the ground. distinct hole on upper plane- maybe it was parasitized.
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Spittlebugs and Froghoppers (Superfamily Cercopoidea)Observer
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removed foam from surrounding them. approximately 10 foam packets on this potted rosemary plant. between 1 and 2 mm in length with black bodies and bright orange abdomens.
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Spotless Lady Beetle (Cycloneda sanguinea)Observer
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This ladybug was found grazing on aphids on a CA native milkweed plant amongst other plants in a maintained home garden.
There were a set of eggs nearby but I did not observe any other lady bird beetles of this species.
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Mottlegills (Genus Panaeolus)Observer
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Two little brown mushrooms in green grass under a carrotwood tree on a residential street. The grass appeared very well watered, notably there has not been recent rain.
The height of the mushroom from the ground to top of the cap was ~4 cm. Cap was 1 to 1.5 cm across less than 1 cm tall.
