Flora and Fauna of Devil's Punchbowl Natural Area

Devil's Punchbowl Natural Area is a Los Angeles County park that is nestled in the San Gabriel mountains on the edge of the Mojave Desert.

Golden Deer Fly 2
Silvius gigantulus
Edwards' Swallowtail 3
Papilio indra pergamus
California Bee Assassin 4
Apiomerus californicus
Black-margined Flower Fly 9
Syrphus opinator
California Jumping Gall Wasp 10
Neuroterus saltatorius
Western Longwing 11
Capnobotes occidentalis
Woolly Bud Gall Midge 18
Rhopalomyia medusirrasa
Spined Turban Gall Wasp 1
Cynips douglasii
seep monkeyflower 19
Erythranthe guttata
Coville's lip fern 20
Myriopteris covillei
Oak Wax Scale
Cerococcus quercus
desert needlegrass 21
Pappostipa speciosa
Townsend's × Hermit Warbler 22
Setophaga townsendi × occidentalis
Acmon Blue 23
Icaricia acmon
Striped Racer 24
Masticophis lateralis
Cushion Cryptantha 25
Greeneocharis circumscissa
Nuttall's Woodpecker 26
Dryobates nuttallii
Wounded Cicada 27
Okanagana cruentifera
Aberrant Shieldback 28
Idiostatus aberrans
White-bowed Smoothwing 30
Scaeva affinis
Cabbage-Head Fungus 31
Daleomyces phillipsii
Blue Dicks 32
Dipterostemon capitatus

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