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California Bay (Umbellularia californica)

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swilsonintrepid

Date

March 23, 2024 10:28 AM CDT

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dietel

Date

March 19, 2024 04:23 PM PDT

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Flower Crab Spiders (Genus Misumena)

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damontighe

Date

March 13, 2024 03:44 PM PDT

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Mallows (Genus Malva)

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rjadams55

Date

October 5, 2017 03:57 PM PDT

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Common Murre (Uria aalge)

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goflowers

Date

February 19, 2024 01:13 PM PST

Description

5 dead birds in 2nd photo

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Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)

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rjadams55

Date

September 9, 2016 04:06 PM PDT

Description

Mostly hidden in the deep grass, this small morning glory was the only one noted along this stretch of trail. This was separated from C. macrostegia by the presence of bracts far below the calyx and its small, narrowly triangular leaves.

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reptipods

Date

January 7, 2024 01:33 PM PST

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Jolon Oak (Quercus × jolonensis)

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rjadams55

Date

November 24, 2021 10:49 AM PST

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Golden Orbweavers (Family Nephilidae)

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iwburg

Date

December 16, 2023 01:05 PM PST

Description

In the California Academy of the Sciences!

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rjadams55

Date

July 9, 2014

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rjadams55

Date

November 21, 2016

Description

Several of these lovely coral fungi were found growing in thick redwood duff in the deep shadow of a large rotting log.

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kschnei

Date

May 6, 2023 02:41 PM PDT

Description

Beat from downed branch and collected under permit PINN-2023-SCI-0005.

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Short-billed Gull (Larus brachyrhynchus)

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gbentall

Date

November 23, 2023 11:11 AM PST

Description

Small gull at foreground center

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Slender Centaury (Centaurium tenuiflorum)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

August 2, 2019 09:10 AM PDT

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rjadams55

Date

April 11, 2017 06:59 AM PDT

Description

This individual was on a prickly pear (Opuntia sp.) cactus, the main food source for this species.

Found on a fun day out exploring with @finatic !

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Burrow-living Wolf Spiders (Genus Hogna)

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fredwatson

Date

November 5, 2023 11:44 AM PST

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Roezl's Penstemon (Penstemon roezlii)

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rjadams55

Date

June 29, 2016 03:31 PM PDT

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Red Oaks (Section Lobatae)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

December 13, 2015

Description

The trees in this grove were identified using Calflora and the Jepson Guide. Features include the thin, scaly acorn cup, acorns with light fuzz on the inside of their shell, grey bark, and the short, spined leaves.

Of course, this is an extremely complicated genus and if anyone has a good argument for these representing any of the other regional oak species, I would be happy to hear it.

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What

Upright Coral Fungus (Ramaria stricta)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

December 25, 2016

Description

A scattered patch of these coral fungi were found growing out of the remains of a mostly decomposed log. They were identified by their upright stature, gray-tan coloration with pale branch tips, and lack of rapid discoloration when handled.

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Silverweeds (Genus Argentina)

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rjadams55

Date

October 13, 2016 04:36 PM PDT

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rjadams55

Date

May 6, 2023 11:10 AM PDT

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What

Seep Monkeyflowers (Section Simiolus)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

August 16, 2015

Description

This single, blooming Seep Monkeyflower was found, not surprisingly, growing at a seep below the Bear Gulch Reservoir.

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Tile Lichens (Genus Lecidea)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

February 20, 2022 10:42 AM PST

Description

Found on a small granite boulder near the base of Bridal Veil Falls Trail. Identified by its overall coloration and structure, including brown areoles with upturned margins, black prothallus, and black apothecia.

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Crescents (Genus Phyciodes)

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rjadams55

Date

July 12, 2021 12:26 PM PDT

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Hedgenettles (Genus Stachys)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

March 11, 2017 12:52 PM PST

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American Sand Wasp (Bembix americana)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

July 10, 2022 02:14 PM PDT

Description

One of several hundred insects feeding at a blooming patch of Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense).

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Wafer-lid Trapdoor Spiders (Family Euctenizidae)

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graysquirrel

Date

June 3, 2023 11:37 AM PDT

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rjadams55

Date

January 22, 2012

Description

This individual was separated from the similar Bluebanded Hermit Crab (P. samuelis) by its greenish and yellow antennae. The Bluebanded Hermit Crab has red antennae.

The Hairy Hermit Crab is also more inclined to use Olive shells while the Bluebanded is more often found in turban shells. This one is using a Purple Olive (Callianax biplicata) shell.

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Bushy Lichens, Sea-fog Lichens, and Allies (Family Ramalinaceae)

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truthseqr

Date

April 30, 2023 10:11 AM PDT

Description

(New Almaden Trail)

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sea-kangaroo

Date

May 7, 2023 09:24 AM PDT

Description

ID from frass present, per discussion here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/114576540

Very bright red galls made of distorted leaves clumped together. At the apexes of branches, as though they were a bud or a fruit. Host California Fuschia.

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dominic

Date

May 7, 2023 04:40 PM PDT

Description

Cool looking spider. Found under an oak log.

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Stone Spiders (Genus Drassodes)

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dominic

Date

May 7, 2023 02:55 PM PDT

Description

Found under a rock.

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Plectreurid Spiders (Family Plectreuridae)

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reptipods

Date

May 5, 2023 08:32 PM PDT

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kueda

Date

May 6, 2023 09:52 PM PDT

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Rocky Canyon Spiders (Genus Titiotus)

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max_benningfield

Date

May 5, 2023 10:02 PM PDT

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Mediterranean Stork's-Bill (Erodium botrys)

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rjadams55

Date

May 6, 2023 09:35 AM PDT

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dominic

Date

May 6, 2023 01:58 PM PDT

Description

Found under a log. This is such a cool looking species of jumping spider.

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Primitive Cave Spiders (Superfamily Leptonetoidea)

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dominic

Date

May 6, 2023 12:18 PM PDT

Description

Found under a rock at the beginning of the trailhead.

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Typical Spiders (Suborder Araneomorphae)

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kueda

Date

May 5, 2023 08:31 PM PDT

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Calanoid Copepods (Order Calanoida)

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damontighe

Date

May 7, 2023 01:55 PM PDT

Description

Water samples examined under park research permit

imaged with ZOE imager

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dominic

Date

May 5, 2023 10:35 PM PDT

Description

Seen in the cave.

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What

Orbweavers (Family Araneidae)

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dominic

Date

May 5, 2023 09:55 PM PDT

Description

Not too sure on the species or genus.

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dominic

Date

May 5, 2023 09:07 PM PDT

Description

Was on the wall outside of the bathrooms. Had some nice fluorescence.

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dominic

Date

May 5, 2023 08:02 PM PDT

Description

Walking across the path.

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dominic

Date

May 6, 2023 12:00 AM PDT

Description

I wandered a bit off to see if anything else had come out and sure enough this was out! My first time ever seeing one just out and about.

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dominic

Date

May 5, 2023 05:27 PM PDT

Description

Crawled up a bush as @naturesarchive and I were checking out a snakefly.

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What

Pinnacles Buckwheat (Eriogonum nortonii)

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fredwatson

Date

May 2021

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What

California Roaches (Genus Hesperoleucus)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

May 28, 2018 09:55 AM PDT

Description

At least 40 of these fish were in a large, shallow, stream fed pool along with around an equal number of Sacramento Suckers (Catostomus occidentalis).

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California Roaches (Genus Hesperoleucus)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

September 11, 2021 01:14 PM PDT

Description

Several hundred California Roaches were found in a remnant pond within the dry San Benito River channel.

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California Roach (Hesperoleucus symmetricus)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

May 28, 2018 09:03 AM PDT

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Diamond Clarkia (Clarkia rhomboidea)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

June 13, 2016

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Goldfields (Genus Lasthenia)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

April 1, 2017

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Seep Monkeyflowers (Section Simiolus)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

April 21, 2012

Description

This lovely little monkeyflower was growing in a damp patch along the lower stretch of the Juniper Canyon Trail.

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Valley Lessingia (Lessingia pectinata)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

September 22, 2016 03:44 PM PDT

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American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

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hazelfern

Date

December 15, 2022 01:45 PM EST

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What

Higher Ascomycetes (Subphylum Pezizomycotina)

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bbunny

Date

September 26, 2015 04:12 PM PDT

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Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)

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euproserpinus

Date

November 11, 2022 02:44 PM PST

Description

The second photo is brightened to show the red or red/black malar stripe better. This bird was farther south when we first heard it. Then it called and flew upstream. We later found it near the junction of the Bench Trail with the dirt road.

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Desert Lily (Hesperocallis undulata)

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tiwane

Date

February 12, 2023 02:07 PM PST

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Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)

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lszterrill

Date

February 11, 2023 10:35 AM PST

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Alkali Grasshopper (Trimerotropis salina)

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rjadams55

Date

July 10, 2022 08:38 AM PDT

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What

Wolf Lichen (Letharia vulpina)

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alice_abela

Date

November 12, 2022 04:44 PM PST

Description

Del Norte County, California

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Greenleaf Manzanita (Arctostaphylos patula)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

June 28, 2016 01:19 PM PDT

Description

Several individual manzanita bushes were growing in a trailside clearing. This one was identified based on its location, lack of a burl, broad, round-based leaves that lack obvious hairs, and leaf-like bracts on the panicles.

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Fool's Funnel (Collybia rivulosa)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

November 24, 2016 01:32 PM PST

Description

These unusual looking mushrooms were found in a patch of disturbed lawn surrounded by Douglas Firs and pines. Their stipes were oddly misshapen, appearing both swollen and deflated. They also left a white spore print.

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Paperbag Bush (Scutellaria mexicana)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

September 18, 2015

Description

Differentiated from similar species by its spines, hairy calyx, flower color, and form.

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Dodders (Genus Cuscuta)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

February 18, 2019 09:53 AM PST

Description

A single patch of this parasitic plant was found growing on a Beach Sagewort (Artemisia pycnocephala ). This was identified by the plant's habitat and the structure of the flowers, specifically their bell -like shape and the round tips to the anthers.

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Common Sagebrush Lizard (Sceloporus graciosus)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

June 20, 2018 01:43 PM PDT

Description

These were by far the most common lizards seen over four days on the Lost Coast Trail.

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Aspen Onion (Allium bisceptrum)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

June 2, 2021 01:19 PM PDT

Description

Keeled petals and mostly withered leaves while in flower separated this species from A. bisceptrum.

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Spiders (Order Araneae)

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rlkarp

Date

November 18, 2022 02:20 PM MST

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What

Collared Nightjar (Gactornis enarratus)

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avocat

Date

October 1, 2022 03:26 PM EAT

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serpophaga

Date

October 14, 2022 08:23 AM PDT

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Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

July 5, 2022 01:16 PM PDT

Description

Several of the islands at the refuge held large numbers of roosting California Gulls along with a smattering of Caspian Terns.

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What

Catclaw Acacia (Senegalia greggii)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

June 1, 2022 07:19 AM PDT

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thrasherbird

Date

September 13, 2022 12:42 PM PDT

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What

Rose and White Buckwheat (Eriogonum gracillimum)

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rjadams55

Date

September 5, 2016 07:25 AM PDT

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What

Tree Cholla (Cylindropuntia imbricata)

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torres-grant

Date

August 2022

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Whiptail Lizards (Genus Aspidoscelis)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

July 2014

Description

This is one of the fascinating all-female species of whiptail. In these species the adults lay eggs that have not been externally fertilized but instead are clones of the mother..

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Shadowy Arches (Drasteria adumbrata)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

July 7, 2022 03:45 PM PDT

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What

Wormleaf Stonecrop (Sedum stenopetalum)

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dgreenberger

Date

August 2, 2020 08:31 AM PDT

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California Black Oak (Quercus kelloggii)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

June 2, 2016

Description

Valley oaks are by far, the largest and most numerous of the trees at Fremont Peak State Park.

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sirius8

Date

June 26, 2022 11:37 PM PDT

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What

Spiders (Order Araneae)

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joerich

Date

June 24, 2022 06:25 AM PDT

Description

There were several dozen of these spider nests in the dry grass spread over an area of probably 10 meter squared.

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Pacific Brown-banded Sea-Spider (Ammothea hilgendorfi)

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sea-kangaroo

Date

June 18, 2022 10:16 AM PDT

Description

Bay shore.

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What

Bat Ray (Myliobatis californica)

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walkabata

Date

October 25, 2020 02:02 PM PDT

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False Wolf Spiders (Family Zoropsidae)

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lehacarpenter

Date

June 12, 2022 04:27 PM PDT

Description

Spider body from cephalothorax through abdomen about 2cm long, and abdomen about 9-10mm wide.

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Flatbud Prickly Poppy (Argemone munita)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

June 3, 2022 08:32 AM PDT

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reptipods

Date

June 4, 2022 05:38 PM PDT

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What

Sandstone Night Lizard (Xantusia gracilis)

Date

May 2022

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Beard Lichens (Genus Usnea)

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danicaarmstrong

Date

October 25, 2021 11:36 AM PDT

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k8lopez

Date

April 27, 2022 04:22 PM PDT

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What

Ascomycete Fungi (Phylum Ascomycota)

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clarb

Date

April 24, 2022 10:00 AM PDT

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linzyl

Date

March 24, 2022 03:55 PM PDT

Description

Learned something new! Chrysalis

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Mediterranean Stork's-Bill (Erodium botrys)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

April 18, 2022 09:31 AM PDT

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Dolloff Cave Spider (Meta dolloff)

Observer

ds_explorings

Date

April 2022

Description

Empire cave.

Size of a false widow.

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jeremy03

Date

September 21, 2018 09:10 AM PDT

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What

Western Spotted Orbweaver (Neoscona oaxacensis)

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aparrot1

Date

October 15, 2021 12:06 PM PDT

Description

Female Western Spotted Orbweaver (Neoscona oaxacensis) spider with brightly colored swirling markings on the abdomen. Those bulges below the spider in picture two are egg sacs. She constructed a vertical web inside a red bucket in a grassy meadow near cattle trough. It looks like she caught a winged insect. She is well camouflaged on her "trashline-of-debris" web.

Field Guide to Spiders of California and the Pacific Coast States, RJ Adams and Tim Manolis, 2014, pp. 113-114, plate 20.

BugGuide https://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Neoscona+oaxacensis

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Metepeira spinipes is a member of Typical Orbweavers, Subfamily Araneinae
"M. spinipes is one of the very few semi-colonial spiders in the US. Each individual builds its own orb web with a retreat made of leaves and silk suspended inside a surrounding tangle web. A line connects the retreat to the center of the orb while the tangle webs of the different spiders are interconnected."

Great local observation of this species: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/3976674. Thanks @rjadams55!
Field Guide to Spiders of California and the Pacific Coast States, RJ Adams and Tim Manolis, 2014, p.117-118, plate

BugGuide https://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Metepeira+spinipes

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Gold Cobblestone Lichens (Genus Pleopsidium)

Observer

annie_evankow

Date

March 27, 2022 11:35 AM PDT

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Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors)

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andreacala

Date

April 2, 2022 11:25 AM PDT

Description

With a male.

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Indian Fig Opuntia (Opuntia ficus-indica)

Observer

rjadams55

Date

November 26, 2011

Description

The Mission Cactus in not native to the region, but was brought to Monterey County by Spanish missionaries and settlers. Both the fruit and pads (nopales) are edible. As part of the former Soberanes Ranch, these cactus are widespread in the canyon's dryer south-facing slope.

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What

Rosette Lichens, Frost Lichens, and Allies (Family Physciaceae)

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gyrrlfalcon

Date

March 25, 2022 12:08 PM EDT

Description

On rock