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Osga-Comum (Tarentola mauritanica)Observador
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A bumpy-skinned, gray, big-headed lizard. We have lots of western fence lizards, and this doesn’t look like them. Also not an alligator lizard. I don’t think I’ve seen one like this before. Interesting feet. Any clues?
Friends on Facebook are saying it’s a gecko, and possibly one released as a pet. That’s really unlikely in the semi rural area where I live, where there haven’t been kids for decades, unless it’s just naturalized here. One friend said there’s a native gecko, but this is not it.
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Lamium amplexicauleObservador
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We had one tiny plant of this about 10 years ago. First time I had seen it. I protected and encouraged it, and it has spread overtime. Now we have an area maybe 6‘ x 12‘ with quite a lot of it every spring.
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Género PeucetiaObservador
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A very large spider lounging on a geranium leaf, enjoying the warm sun after our recent rains and chilly weather.
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Batatas, Tomates, Beringelas e Afins (Género Solanum)Observador
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This is a volunteer, growing in a pot with a succulent. The leaves sort of remind me of a poinsettia, but they are the wrong shape. We have black nightshade growing in the yard, but I don’t think that’s what this is.
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Mosquito-da-Dengue (Aedes aegypti)Observador
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Some sort of mosquito. I am guessing at the ID, just based on what I’m seeing in my photos. It has distinct stripes on the legs, at the joints. The real mystery is why we have at least a dozen or so of these inside the house. No standing water that we can think of, and we always have doors or screens closed, keeping our cats inside. We have been bitten, and one that I squished had blood. One had the courtesy to pose on the bathroom mirror so I was able to sort of get a view of the underside.
If this is indeed an Asian Tiger mosquito, then here is some more information on those in our area:
https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/deh/pests/aedes.html
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Heraclides rumikoObservador
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A fairly large butterfly enjoying the sprinkler under an avocado tree. Those leaves are pretty big, just for scale. Another one came along just as I was leaving. Sorry for the terrible image quality. These are screen grabs from a very zoomed-in video. But I think they give the idea. The butterfly’s body was yellow, like the markings on its wings.
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Bútio-Ruivo (Buteo lineatus)Observador
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My identification is a wild guess. Some sort of hawk? It’s sitting on a dead avocado branch. Apologies for the photo quality – iPhone through binoculars.
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This was along the side of 805 as we were broken down with two flat tires one May afternoon.
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Género PeucetiaObservador
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This was along the side of 805 as we were broken down with two flat tires one May afternoon.
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This was along the side of 805 as we were broken down with two flat tires one May afternoon.
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My ID is only the wildest of guesses. This was along the side of 805 as we were broken down with two flat tires one May afternoon.
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Cobra-Gopher-de-San-Diego (Pituophis catenifer ssp. annectens)Observador
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In the parking area at Ramona Grasslands. Retreated to a grassy area when approached.
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Género ClarkiaObservador
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The color is darker and the flower petals are pointier than any of the Clarkias I’m seeing offered as options, but otherwise it’s close. .
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Angiospérmicas (Subfilo Angiospermae)Observador
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iNaturalist is suggesting deer vetch, but it doesn’t look like that to me. No idea what this is.
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Artemísias (Género Artemisia)Observador
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Very small leaves that smell like sage when bruised. No flowers that I could see, while everything else nearby was flowering.
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Angiospérmicas (Subfilo Angiospermae)Observador
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No clue what this is. Sorry I didn’t get better photos. Note that the one red stem is from a paintbrush plant, I believe. Not the one I’m trying to show here.
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Rhopalomyia pomumObservador
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Very uncertain of this ID. It was on what I believe to be some kind of sage with very small fern-like leaves.
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Erva-Gorda (Arctotheca calendula)Observador
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A cute little flowering plant in the grass at the park. Not your ordinary dandelion.