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Sweat Bees (Family Halictidae)Observer
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Appears to be Dufourea mulleri
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Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)Observer
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California Alligator Lizard (Elgaria multicarinata ssp. multicarinata)Observer
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Sunning on the Long Valley Loop Trail at end of evening Ed training walk
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Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus)Observer
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Sunning in NERR courtyard
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Fiery Skipper (Hylephila phyleus)Observer
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2 individuals nectaring on California Aster
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California Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis ssp. californicus)Observer
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Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus)Observer
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On bauhinia which is re-blooming after Hurricane Harvey
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Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus)Observer
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Cell pic, pretty poor quality but it fits the field points
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Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)Observer
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Cell pic. Pretty poor but good enough for a genus ID
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Guinea Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans)Observer
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Assessing damage to the gardens post Harvey
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Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)Observer
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Took a trip to the Educational Gardens to assess damage and evaluate impact on pollinators Major damage, most blooming plants denuded. This one would not land. She followed me around 1/2 the garden, not aggressive, just interested. Was not wearing a floral shirt.
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American Bumble Bee (Bombus pensylvanicus)Observer
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Took a trip to the Educational Gardens to assess damage and evaluate impact on pollinators Major damage, most blooming plants denuded.
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Guinea Paper Wasp (Polistes exclamans)Observer
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Not a good enough to judge species, she would not come out.
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Second not so good pic shows red antennae tips indicative of the species. First post Harvey observations all flowering trees down or destroyed.
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Large Carpenter Bees (Genus Xylocopa)Observer
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First post Harvey observations all flowering trees down or destroyed.
Turks cap still going strong if a bit beat up. Hummers all over the place trying to fatten for migration to Yucatan.
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New World Tarantula-hawk Wasps (Genus Pepsis)Observer
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Second not so good pic shows red antennae tips indicative of the species. First post Harvey observations all flowering trees down or destroyed.
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Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees (Genus Megachile)Observer
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Feeding on Mexican Hibiscus
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Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron caementarium)Observer
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Hunting spiders on elbow bush
