A new-to-me arachnid! I didn’t observe the spitting behaviour myself.
Dictis striatipes
Tag: nature journaling
Solidago velutina
Before leaving Palm Springs, I spent a few hours in the desert oasis of Andreas Canyon on the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation. There’s spectacular geology, and a permanent creek bordered by dense California fan palms (Washingtonia filifera), the only palm species native to the southwestern United States. Pretty velvety goldenrod was flourishing in the dappled shade. Such a gorgeous place to ‘forest bathe’ before the long drive home.
Datura wrightii
Lovely nature journal club meetup today. We had five new people come, which is always awesome. I love our regulars, but it’s great to welcome new folks too.
Diapheromera femorata
I’ve never seen such a little stick insect before. It looked like a scrap of hay.
Corethrogyne filaginifolia
My friend Kristine told me about Headwaters Corner; Kim and I checked it out as a location for our next nature journal club meetup. It’s lovely!
Schistocerca nitens
Reading up on this grasshopper, I learned that it is a problematic invasive species in Hawaii. In 2004, a major swarming event on the island of Nīhoa devastated approximately 90% of the island’s vegetation. Likely introduced to Hawaii several decades ago, it has since spread throughout the archipelago, aided by its ability to fly over 300 miles across open ocean!
That last fact blew my mind. 🤯
Brenneria quercina
Do you have oaks in your neighbourhood? Are they drippy this year?
conejo valley botanic garden
wood rat den
Wildwood is lovely, but sometimes the creek is pretty smelly. Scenic, but odiferous. I wonder if the woodrats are bothered by that.
look up
First I noticed all the bird poop on the ground. So I looked up … and this is what I saw.
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