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Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)Observer
bewickwrenDescription
Egg mass
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Shining Pepperweed (Lepidium nitidum)Observer
bewickwrenDescription
All photos are of the same individual plant, but the last two are from a couple of days earlier to provide ID details.
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Wool-bearing Gall Wasp (Druon quercuslanigerum)Observer
bewickwrenDescription
Many fallen oak leaves with these growths
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Seed Bugs and Allies (Superfamily Lygaeoidea)Observer
bewickwrenDescription
Hundreds of these tiny bugs (~3mm) were swarming an area where dried remains of annuals were present, primarily Lepidium virginicum.
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Thick-leaved Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon crassifolium)Observer
bewickwrenDescription
Had not found this species in this area of the Box Springs before
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Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata)Observer
bewickwrenDescription
hatch year