Today Skunk's journey took him and a friend for a bike ride through Pacific Grove, California, then for an evening hike in the woods near Spanish Bay in the Lynn "Rip" Van Winkle Open Space, after which he continued riding into the sunset along Asilomar Beach. On the walk in the woods, he saw a lot a wild blackberry, yellow vetch, and monkey flower in bloom. We saw a few slender salamanders, two centipedes, many sow bugs, and several small cricket nymphs of some variety. An Anna's hummingbird gave us a wonderful show as he (along with several male mosquitos) was feeding on an impressive flowering bush (somewhat resembling Lavender) whose stalky flowers were blooming in an imposing array of purple shades. I'm pretty certain that it is an introduced species, but I haven't been able to identify it yet.
No picture today except for that found in your imagination. The camera batteries died.
Cool Website of the day:
BugGuide.Net!
Audience Favorites:
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"Here we sit like birds in a bird's nest - waiting for our food! FOOD!" My sisters and I used to sing that song sometimes w...
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I have two of these predacious diving beetles living in a large fishbowl. They are over an inch long, and they eat minnows. They trap air b... -
(Edited on 25 June 2005) This is basically a draft, but I wanted to go ahead and get this out there... if I update it, I will note that fa...
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This picture was taken in 2005 at City Point in Hopewell Virginia, near a spot where my grandfather and I used to go fishing. I caught a ... -
I found this beetle on the road while biking in Shreveport. I believe that it is a dung beetle, or very closely related to one. I had n... -
A gorgeous, very healthy and energetic field cricket that crossed my path at Mistletoe State Park in Georgia today. -
Pandora Sphinx Moth This amazingly beautiful Pandora Sphinx moth was found on the wall of a gas station in North Carolina on July 1st w...
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California Sister Butterfly Spotted at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center July 24th 2006
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Here is a weevil that landed on my hand in San Angelo, Texas as a friend and I were sitting outside having a conversation at a picnic table...
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