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Suburban Animals of Silicon Valley

Critters you have a good chance of encountering in your backyard, while on a walk in the neighborhood park, in a strip mall parking lot, or in a golf course water trap. I've put ID & location tips in the Notes section for most species.

Cross Orbweaver 1
Araneus diadematus
Woodlouse Spider 2
Dysdera crocata
Tobacco Hornworm 3
Manduca sexta
Gray Hairstreak 4
Strymon melinus
Cabbage White 5
Pieris rapae
Fiery Skipper 6
Hylephila phyleus
Honeybee 7
Apis mellifera
California Carpenter Bee 8
Xylocopa californica
Argentine Ant 9
Linepithema humile
European Paper Wasp 10
Polistes dominula
May Beetles 11
Phyllophaga
Common Earwig 12
Forficula auricularia
Black Soldier Fly 13
Hermetia illucens
Common Pill-bug 14
Armadillidium vulgare

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