BioBlitz results

Thanks everyone for attending and helping in this amazing BioBlitz! Over 100 people attended the BioBlitz, documenting 313 species in over 1,700 observations (and counting!). The weather was perfect, the flowers were beautiful, and the kids were great. We documented 166 plant species, including many spring flowers, and also many native trees and shrubs, with a remarkable number of 7 oak species.
We found many caterpillars, feeding on all this green matter. Many of the caterpillars belong to the Geometridae family, also known as inchworms. One of them was feeding on a poison oak - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22614201
We documented many beetles, including click beetles, Metallic Wood-boring Beetles, weevils, lady beetles, and many soldier beetles that were foraging on the wildflowers, searching for aphids to eat.
We even found 4 species of slime molds and 23 species of fungi, including a fungus that feeds on slime molds - https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22545939
Please join our next public BioBlitz next Sunday, 4/28 at Hellyer Park - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hellyer-county-park-spring-2019-bioblitz-registration-54310419928
It will be part of the City Nature Challenge - a global iNaturalist competition!
Merav

Posted on April 20, 2019 04:06 PM by merav merav

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Yes! Thanks for all the folks who attended. We hope to see you at the next one this weekend at Hellyer Park as part of the City Nature Challenge (Beat LA).
Deb

Posted by debkccb almost 5 years ago

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