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Rancho San Antonio County Park and Open Space Preserve

Rancho San Antonio County Park and Open Space Preserve is one of the most popular recreational areas in Santa Clara County. This 3,988-acre Open Space Preserve, combined with the adjoining 165-acre County Park, offers visitors a unique experience with a sampling of diverse environments, ...more ↓

Desert Tarantula 1
Aphonopelma iodius
Western Forest Scorpion 2
Uroctonus mordax
Western Blacklegged Tick 3
Ixodes pacificus
American Dog Tick 4
Dermacentor variabilis
Poison Ivy Leaf Mite 5
Aculops rhois
Pale Swallowtail 5
Papilio eurymedon
Western Tiger Swallowtail 6
Papilio rutulus
Umber Skipper 7
Poanes melane
Rural Skipper 8
Ochlodes agricola
Woodland Skipper 9
Ochlodes sylvanoides
Mournful Duskywing 10
Erynnis tristis
California Sister 11
Adelpha californica
Variable Checkerspot 12
Euphydryas chalcedona
Northern Checkerspot 7
Chlosyne palla
Red Admiral 13
Vanessa atalanta
Common Buckeye 14
Junonia coenia
Large Heath 15
Coenonympha tullia
California Ringlet 16
Coenonympha tullia california
Coronis Fritillary 17
Speyeria coronis
Monarch 18
Danaus plexippus
Golden Hairstreak 19
Habrodais grunus
Mountain Mahogany Hairstreak 20
Satyrium tetra
Tailed Copper 21
Lycaena arota
Echo Azure 22
Celastrina echo
Acmon Blue 23
Icaricia acmon
Acmon Blue 23
Plebejus acmon
Margined White 7
Pieris marginalis
Cabbage White 24
Pieris rapae
Checkered White 23
Pontia protodice
Drasteria ochracea 25
California Tiger Moth 21
Leptarctia californiae
Western Tussock Moth 26
Orgyia vetusta
Large Yellow Underwing 27
Noctua pronuba
Pale Beauty 28
Campaea perlata
Adela septentrionella 4
California Timema 29
Timema californicum
Yellow-faced Bumblebee 30
Bombus vosnesenskii
Honey Bee 31
Apis mellifera
Great Golden Digger Wasp 32
Sphex ichneumoneus
Western Yellowjacket 33
Vespula pensylvanica
Red Cone Gall Wasp 34
Andricus kingi
Beaked Twig Gall Wasp 11
Disholcaspis plumbella
Spiny Leaf Gall Wasp 35
Diplolepis polita
Anthrenus lepidus 36
Australian Tortoise Beetle 37
Trachymela sloanei
Asian Lady Beetle 38
Harmonia axyridis
Seven-spotted Ladybird 39
Coccinella septempunctata
Three-banded Ladybug 40
Coccinella trifasciata
Convergent Lady Beetle 41
Hippodamia convergens
Phloeodes plicatus 25
Enoclerus eximius
Yellow Starthistle Hairy Weevil 42
Eustenopus villosus
Dascillus davidsoni 7
Ampedus fastus
Occidental Grasshopper 43
Trimerotropis occidentalis
Common Water Strider 44
Aquarius remigis
Variegated Meadowhawk 20
Sympetrum corruptum
Toxomerus marginatus 45
Villa lateralis 46
Sinuous bee fly 47
Hemipenthes sinuosa
Common Pill-bug 48
Armadillidium vulgare
Nightcrawler 49
Lumbricus terrestris
Goldback Fern 36
Pentagramma triangularis
Coffee Fern 11
Pellaea andromedifolia
California Maidenhair Fern 5
Adiantum jordanii
Coast Redwood 50
Sequoia sempervirens
Common Douglas-Fir 44
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Silver Lupine 51
Lupinus albifrons
Miniature Lupine 2
Lupinus bicolor
Sky Lupine 11
Lupinus nanus
Pacific pea 52
Lathyrus vestitus
Crimson clover 53
Trifolium incarnatum
tomcat clover 54
Trifolium willdenovii
Annual yellow sweetclover 55
Melilotus indicus
Common Deerweed 56
Acmispon glaber
Chile trefoil 11
Acmispon wrangelianus
Common Vetch 57
Vicia sativa
Hairy Vetch 58
Vicia villosa
Chamise 11
Adenostoma fasciculatum
Himalayan Blackberry 59
Rubus armeniacus
trailing blackberry 60
Rubus ursinus
Birchleaf Mountain Mahogany 61
Cercocarpus betuloides
Toyon 11
Heteromeles arbutifolia
ocean spray 62
Holodiscus discolor
Osoberry 63
Oemleria cerasiformis
California Wild Rose 64
Rosa californica
Pacific ninebark 63
Physocarpus capitatus
Coffeeberry 63
Frangula californica
redberry buckthorn 65
Rhamnus crocea
Stinging Nettle 66
Urtica dioica
Pacific Madrone 67
Arbutus menziesii
Western Star Flower 68
Lysimachia latifolia
Western Star Flower
Trientalis latifolia
Scarlet Pimpernel 69
Anagallis arvensis
Henderson's Shooting Star 52
Primula hendersonii
California gilia 70
Gilia achilleifolia
bird's-eye gilia 70
Gilia tricolor
Skunkweed 4
Navarretia squarrosa
red osier dogwood 52
Cornus sericea
Narrowleaf milkweed 11
Asclepias fascicularis

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