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San Bernardino Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus ssp. modestus)Observer
derek_hameister
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Bleached Earless Lizard (Holbrookia maculata ssp. ruthveni)Observer
chucksutherland
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Tetraopes basalisObserver
ianswiftDescription
Nice population here with the host, Asclepias eriocarpa
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Plate Gall Wasp (Andricus pattersonae)Observer
dlbowlsDescription
On California Scrub Oak.
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Coyote (Canis latrans)Observer
kgarrettDescription
young pup outside den in old concrete pipe
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Fourleaf Manyseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum)Observer
charmurrDescription
This plant is so tiny, maybe an inch at base and the colorful clustered seeds or flowers were also 1-3mm at most. I caught it in the corner of my lens when I was capturing another plant close by it. I would have missed it otherwise & I'm glad I didn't.
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Lesser Two-spot Octopus (Octopus bimaculoides)Observer
christrentDescription
Juvenile about 4" height in the photo. Amazing blue iridescence, photo doesn't do it justice. It was just glowing neon blue. Saw it about 30 feet away in the light of the flashlight. Assuming Lesser Two-spot as that's what I usually see in the area.
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Opalescent Nudibranch (Hermissenda opalescens)Observer
christrentDescription
One of about 20 seen.
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Mira mucoraObserver
kschneiDescription
Swept from grasses and collected two similar 2.0 mm wasps - brachypterous and with thick antennae. Also posted to BG. Specimen images taken at California Academy of Sciences.
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graham_montgomeryDescription
Maybe A. rubrocuprea? Sweep-netted from chaparral vegetation.
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Painted Ladybird (Mulsantina picta)Observer
graham_montgomeryDescription
Resting on a flower under pines.
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Lesser Cornstalk Borer Moth (Elasmopalpus lignosella)Observer
graham_montgomeryPlace
Will Rogers State Beach, Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Los Angeles, California, United States (Google, OSM)
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Shredding Evening-Primrose (Eremothera boothii ssp. decorticans)Observer
plantsoncolors
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Genus AphonopelmaObserver
euproserpinusDescription
Tiny! It has a noctuid caterpillar hanging beneath its mouth.
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Panamint Daisy (Enceliopsis covillei)Observer
desertsolitudeDescription
First time seeing the Panamint Daisies. They were so incredibly pretty and some were growing on cliff edges. Amazing. My hand for comparison.
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Dictyobia semivitreaObserver
andreacalaDescription
This was the most fun find of the day: hundreds of these tiny hoppers on a wide variety of plants, mating or in pursuit thereof. I saw them on the leaves of Blue Elder, Chilicothe, Laurel Sumac, and Silvery Lupine, in a radius of about 300 meters.
Compare to https://bugguide.net/node/view/1048392/bgimage, also from Los Angeles County.
Interestingly, @scubabruin found similar looking hoppers on the same day and about 6 miles north, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/109867386.
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Genus MeridermaObserver
stucumber_Description
Near snowmelt
~2mm tall, peridium hardened
Some capillitial free ends still attached to peridium
Spores 11-13 µm
On bark of Calocedrus decurrens near snowmelt
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Coastal Rosy Boa (Lichanura orcutti)Observer
circliqueDescription
Seen in Death Valley’s Cottonwood Canyon
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jriebe2016Description
Seen in the Mesquite Dunes of Death Valley. Can anyone help me identify?
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Mojave Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)Observer
desertsolitudeDescription
*Pictures are of tortoise alive on 3/26/22. 4/14/22 Update: Remains were completely scattered, it is believed the tortoise died of dehydration due to the indents on the scutes. 4/13/22 Update: this tortoise was found dead on 4/9/22, outside of its burrow, it’s left front arm had been severed but was still attached, and the muscle was attached and visible. Just the skin was broken. So sad. No signs of a struggle in the sand. Hopefully there might be other tortoises, but I feel like this is the same one I have only seen whenever I’ve visited this area. 90 degrees at 2:50pm with a light breeze. There are many burrows in this one location, but I don’t know if there’s more than one tortoise or not here. It looks like the one I saw last October, and it was very close to the burrow it was in the last time I saw it. For some reason iNaturalist is not working right now so I can’t link the October observation…
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House Mouse (Mus musculus)Observer
andreacalaDescription
The mouse was surprisingly approachable.
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Colorado Desert Shovelnose Snake (Chionactis annulata ssp. annulata)Observer
finatic
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Cactus Coreid (Chelinidea vittiger)Observer
andreacalaDescription
On a Silver Cholla.
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Nomad Bees (Genus Nomada)Observer
brian_wrightDescription
Plum Canyon, Anza Borrego Desert State Park
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Foothill Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa tabaniformis ssp. orpifex)Observer
graham_montgomeryDescription
~13-15 mm long
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Punctate Little Bear Scarab Beetle (Paracotalpa puncticollis)Observer
hkibakDescription
See p. 115 and plate 73 of the Field Guide to Beetles of California by Evans & Hogue (2006)
