Photo: Russell Bates, 2010. Red Car Property neighborhood beekeepers in LA Times. (Click on photo to enlarge.)
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Showing posts with label Bugs. Show all posts
Red Car Property: Neighborhood Food Web
Photo: Russell Bates, 2010. Red Car Property neighborhood beekeepers in LA Times. (Click on photo to enlarge.)
Red Car Canyon: Spider Season
Photo: Red Car Canyon Neighbor, July 8, 2012 A neighbor sent a photo of a large mystery spider he caught in his front room. (Click on pho...
Corralitas Public Staircase: Check Out Those Spikes On His Hind Legs!
Photo: Diane Edwardson, June 20, 2012. GAAHHHH! At least the 4" long Grasshopper is eating the non-native, invasive, highly toxic C...
Corralitas Drive: Engineering Marvel
Photo: Diane Edwardson, May 16, 2012. I had no idea how much detailed structural work went into dragonfly wings. (Click on photo to enl...
Riverside Place: Day Of The Locust
Photo: Jonathan Vandiveer, April 16, 2012. A gigantic 5-6" long and 1-2" tall, grasshopper visited Vaniveer's yard. (Click o...
Red Car Property: California Harvester Ants
Photo: Diane Edwardson, April 5, 2012. California Harvester Ants are NOT Red Imported Fire Ants. (Click on photo to enlarge.) April seems ...
Corralitas Drive: Like Flies On A Stinkhorn, Stuff You Missed This Year
Photo: Diane Edwardson, April 27, 2011. After I inadvertently kicked and broke a Stinkhorn Fungus, the flies were still swarming to the mus...
Corralitas Dive: Creepy Bug Found After Windstorm *Identified
Photo: Diane Edwardson, December 2, 2011. A really interesting 1 1/2-inch long bug was sunning himself on the hood of a car Friday afternoo...
Corralitas Drive: So Many Bees In Pepper Trees
Photo: Diane Edwardson, October 9, 2011. The pepper tree overhanging my yard was vibrating with thousands of bees attracted to the just sta...
Corralitas Drive: Proving Yesterday's Giant Spider Was Real
Photo: Diane Edwardson, September 23, 2011, 6:27 PM. Here's an overexposed shot of yesterday's spider. Check out the cross and shi...
Corralitas Drive: Giant Spider At Sunset
Photo: Diane Edwardson, September 23, 2011, 6:26 PM. A giant spider dropped from the clouds on Corralitas Drive. (Click on photo to enlar...
Red Car Property: Tiny Blue Butterfly Found On Native Dove Weed, Another First
Photos: Diane Edwardson, September 8, 2011, 8:30 AM. While shooting first time photos of native Dove Weed on the Red Car Property, I watche...
Corralitas Drive: Wildlife Seek Relief From The Heat In Neighbor's Kitchen
Photo: Diane Edwardson, September 3, 2011. A large hummingbird was trapped in a neighbor's kitchen. (Click on photo to enlarge.) After...
Corralitas Drive: Mutant Insects Descend On Glassell Park!
Photo: Diane Edwardson, August 24, 2011. Glassell Park seems to attract aliens, creepy fog, nuclear moonrise and giant dragonflies. (Click...
Red Car Property: THEM!
Photo: Diane Edwardson, July 28, 2011. California Harvester Ants have an extensive series of colonies stretching from the historic viaduct ...
Corralitas Drive: Colorful Bee? Backwards Beekeepers Meeting: Sunday, July 24, 2011
Photo: Diane Edwardson, July 23, 2011. A neighbor found a dead, iridescent green-blue bug in her bathroom. (Click on photo to enlarge.) P...
Red Car Property: Looking For Really Big Moths
Photo: Diane Edwardson, July 12, 2011. Native Jimsonweed (Datura wrightii) attracts hawk moths, like the White Lined Sphinx Moth, for polli...