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Bugs and other arthropods

Flora

Sam McDonald in the woods

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Trees and ferns

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Redwoods looking up

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Birthday bioblitz
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Sharp-tailed Snake (Contia tenuis)
Family: Colubridae (colubrid snakes)
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Sharp-tailed Snake (Contia tenuis)
Family: Colubridae (colubrid snakes)
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Sharp-tailed Snake (Contia tenuis)
Family: Colubridae (colubrid snakes)
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Sharp-tailed Snake (Contia tenuis)
Family: Colubridae (colubrid snakes)
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Western forest scorpion (Uroctonus mordax)
Family: Vaejovidae (devil scorpions)
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Wilson's warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
Family: Parulidae (New World warblers)
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Wilson's warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
Family: Parulidae (New World warblers)
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Canary Thorn (Neoterpes trianguliferata)
Family: Geometridae (geometer moths)
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Fritillary

Pacific fritillary (Boloria epithore)
Family: Nymphalidae
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Sister

California Sister (Adelpha californica)
Family: Nymphalidae
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Sister

California Sister (Adelpha californica)
Family: Nymphalidae
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Vivid Dancer (Argia vivida)
Family: Coenagrionidae (narrow-winged damselflies)
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Silver slime

False puffball (Reticularia lycoperdon)
Family: Tubiferaceae
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Nightshade fruit

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Striped

Striped Coralroot (Corallorhiza striata)
Family: Orchidaceae (orchids)
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Broad-leaved Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine)
Family: Orchidaceae (orchids)
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Clarkia

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Monkeyflower

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Brodea

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Iris

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Oak gall

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Lying flat

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Bioblitz June 10, 2020

Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)
Family: Phrynosomatidae
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Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)
Family: Phrynosomatidae
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Western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)
Family: Phrynosomatidae
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California Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus)
Family: Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders)
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California Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus)
Family: Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders)
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Slender margin

California Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps attenuatus)
Family: Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders)
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Butterflies

Common wood-nymph (Cercyonis pegala)
Family: Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies) Sam McDonald Park - 2020
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Variable Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona)
Family: Nymphalidae (Brush-footed butterflies)
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Wild Forget-me-not moth (Gnophaela latipennis)
Family: Erebidae (underwing, tiger, and tussock moth family)
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California oak moth (Phryganidia californica)
Family: Notodontidae
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Hoverfly ( Fazia micrura)
Family: Syrphidae (hover flies)
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Spiders

Yellow Sac Spider (Cheiracanthium mildei)
Family: Cheiracanthiidae (eutichurid spiders)
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Northern crab spider (Mecaphesa asperata)
Family: Thomisidae (crab spiders)
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Coppered white-cheeked jumping spider (Pelegrina aeneola)
Family: Salticidae (jumping spiders)
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Coppered white-cheeked jumping spider (Pelegrina aeneola)
Family: Salticidae (jumping spiders)
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Cosmopepla

Cosmopepla (Cosmopepla uhleri)
Fammily: Pentatomidae (stink bugs)
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California glowworm (Ellychnia californica)
Family: Lampyridae (firefly beetles)
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The precipice

California glowworm (Ellychnia californica)
Family: Lampyridae (firefly beetles)
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Yellow-spotted millipede (Harpaphe haydeniana)
Family: Xystodesmidae
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Yellow-spotted millipede (Harpaphe haydeniana)
Family: Xystodesmidae
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Flora

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Poppy

California poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
Family: Papaveraceae (poppy family)
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Harding grass

Harding grass (Phalaris aquatica)
Family: Poaceae (grasses)
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Salsify

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Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica)
Family: Urticaceae (nettle family)
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Hedging our bets

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Flax

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Common daisy

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Trillium ()
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Trillium ()
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Trillium ()
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Fungi

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Eyelash ()
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Powdery mildew

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Slime

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Deb observing

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Big leaf maple ()
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Jennifer in Harding grass

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The path

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The road to hikers hut

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Hikers hut

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Restoring the area

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Share the love

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See also

Sam McDonald Park 2019

Some visits

March 2, 2019 with Photographing Nature class and Bioblitz

June 10, 2020 Bioblitz with Jennifer Rycenga, Cynthia Clark, and Deb Kramer

Modified: January 22, 2021
Created: June 11, 2020 (from bayarea/sammcdonald.html
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