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Checkered Garter Snake (Thamnophis marcianus)Observer
vfs6Description
Snake had a pink/red tongue and was very docile when I wandered too close before noticing it! My ID of "checkered garter snake" is a layman's guess -- would appreciate any confirmation or correction.
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Gray Bird Grasshopper (Schistocerca nitens)Observer
vfs6Description
Seven grasshopper(?) nymphs(?) on a potato plant. All smaller than a pinkie nail
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Queen (Danaus gilippus)Observer
vfs6Description
Live caterpillar on some kind of milkweed. Hoping to ID the caterpillar
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Animals (Kingdom Animalia)Observer
vfs6Description
Sorry the photo's not better. This worm was swimming in the shallows with the little fish, about as long as them. It seemed flat (tall and skinny, not thin and wide).
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Western Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus)Observer
vfs6Description
(she's in the Tupperware just to get moved away from people)
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Accipiters (Genus Accipiter)Observer
vfs6Description
Sorry for the photos, couldn't get a better angle. Had slate gray wings and a lighter breast. White edge at the bottom of the tail and darker lines on wings and tail when it flew. Not very big for a bird of prey.
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California False Chinch Bug (Xyonysius californicus)Observer
vfs6Description
Lots of these all over. Saw a photo on Facebook where someone ID'd them as false chinch bugs
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Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)Observer
vfs6Description
Sorry for the blurry photo but I couldn't get closer because of a fence. He had a smaller more brown friend with him. Location is accurate within a block or two.
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Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp (Sphecius speciosus)Observer
vfs6Description
There were at least 20 of these bugs flying low over a grassy/clover area.
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Hairy Curtain Crust (Stereum hirsutum)Observer
vfs6Description
Might be Wood Ear Mushrooms?
