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North American Jerusalem Crickets (Genus Ammopelmatus)Observer
quiamas_mDescription
A crawling insect that has the color of brownish/yellow yet transparent. Has black strips on the abdomen and has six legs.
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California Brittlebush (Encelia californica)Observer
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These flowers were scattered throughout Ascot Hills. Some plants with plenty of flowers while others just having two or three. They also varied in height so were as short as three feet while the others were as tall as 5 feet. The flower was bright yellow with a dark brown almost black center. The sunflower itself as large as my hand or a little bit bigger. There was about 10-11 petals on the flower.
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California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica)Observer
quiamas_mDescription
I wanted to assume that the flower has fully blossomed and it would blossom into a 4 petal flower. It was a darker orange at the base of the flower then got lighter to almost a yellow color. It came up about 1 foot off the ground.
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Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia)Observer
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This plant was pretty small and wide shrub. The leaves of the plant were glossy and had a deep green color and had a narrow wide shape while the berries it contained a red orange color. The berries were similar to the size of a pea.
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Sacred Datura (Datura wrightii)Observer
quiamas_mDescription
The flower was a mainly off white color up to the top rim where there was a shade of light purple. The leaves of the flower was low and spread around it while the floor came up higher than the leaves.
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Gulf Fritillary (Dione vanillae)Observer
quiamas_mDescription
The butterfly looked to be the size of my hand. It had a long antenna that has a bulb at the tip. The main color of the wings were orange but also had a white circles that was outlined by black.Looking at both wings there was so specific pattern to the white spots. The butterfly was flying from flower to flower on the bush.
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Elms (Genus Ulmus)Observer
quiamas_mDescription
This plants comes up from one root has branches out. The stems are pretty long and similar plants surround it are wider and taller.
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Tropical House Cricket (Gryllodes sigillatus)Observer
quiamas_mDescription
Although the picture is dark. This insect was hoping around the Metro Station. It was a tan/natural color. It moves very quickly. It has antennas and I think 6 legs. It was as small as my picky.
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Red-shouldered Bug (Jadera haematoloma)Observer
quiamas_mDescription
I see this insect I presume at the train station on California State University Los Angeles. It has six legs and outlining of the body is red while the rest is blue. It's pretty tiny similar to the size of a toe.
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Botta's Pocket Gopher (Thomomys bottae)Observer
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I saw this Gopher around the houses close to the school. The gopher kept popping up his head from the ground. I couldn't tell the size because I didn't see it actually coming out of ground. But the gophers head was the size of my phone or what I presumed.
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Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)Observer
quiamas_mDescription
I saw this squirrel around the dorms. It was very. It was a light brown color with a very long tail. It was pretty small, the length of a tire for a car. His tail was the largest and shown the most movement.