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This was attracted to a UV light at night.
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This was attracted to a UV light at night.
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Hundreds of these caterpillers across the ground at the Turkey Flats area of Joshua Tree. What are these???
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on clarkia franciscana
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This was one of maybe a hundred blown up onto the top of the Oroville Dam. Most were dead or dying and might have been damaged in the rain. They may have all been there for six hours or so.
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This was one of maybe a hundred blown up onto the top of the Oroville Dam. Most were dead or dying and might have been damaged in the rain. They may have all been there for six hours or so.
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White-lined Sphinx
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Riverside County, California, US
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This larva is feeding acrobatically, using a Chaenactis plant to reach an Eriogonum. Thousands upon thousands of these larvae were crossing highways, dirt roads, and desert over the past several days in southeastern California. Really impressive.
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This larva is feeding acrobatically, using a Chaenactis plant to reach an Eriogonum. Thousands upon thousands of these larvae were crossing highways, dirt roads, and desert over the past several days in southeastern California. Really impressive.
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"Not as interesting as my other shot of these, but a better closeup for the Field Guide group. They were huge (3.5""/8 cm), & present in huge numbers. The nocturnal adults pollinate Dune Evening-Primrose (which grows in the same area); the caterpillars seem happy to devour desert sand-verbena (and anything else not moving)."