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1 1 Millipede

Millipede

by noniSanta Cruz, California, USA

Santa

1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by GenaroGonzalezMezaSanta Cruz, California, USA

Body is about 1 inch length

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by GabrielLedesmaSanta Cruz, California, USA

I know it's a species of cicada, but which one is unknown to me.

0 0 Spittle Bug

Spittle Bug

by GabrielLedesmaSanta Cruz, California, USA

This is a spittle bug nest.

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by GabrielLedesmaSanta Cruz, California, USA

Fern, grows about head-high.

1 0 Redwood Violet

Redwood Violet

by GabrielLedesmaSanta Cruz, California, USA

Yellow face, violet colored dots on the back of the flower.

0 0 Cactus

Cactus

by LuisStevensSanta Cruz, Ancash, Peru

Cactus.

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by LuisStevensSanta Cruz, Ancash, Peru

Red flowers from a shrub.

3 0 Lupine

Lupine

by LuisStevensSanta Cruz, Ancash, Peru

Lupine flowers.

0 2 Calceolaria

Calceolaria

by LuisStevensSanta Cruz, Ancash, Peru

Yellow flowers from a shrub.

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by LuisStevensSanta Cruz, Ancash, Peru

Flowering grey plant. Elevation 4,000 m.

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by treelessmountainSanta Cruz, California, USA

Small purple flower with 5 petals, three dark purple tracks on each petal with ...

1 0 Spider

Spider

by damioneaSanta Cruz, California, USA

Large eyes,Mountain shaped legs

0 0 Hedge Nettle

Hedge Nettle

by GabrielLedesmaSanta Cruz, California, USA

Leaves resemble mint, except they are much larger. They are in fact in the mint ...

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by GabrielLedesmaSanta Cruz, California, USA

I want to say it is an orchid. Not sure what species it is exactly.

0 0 Cactus

Cactus

by LuisStevensSanta Cruz, Ancash, Peru

Cactus fully covered with thorns. It is impossible to see the green on it.

2 5 Night Shade Family

Night Shade Family

by LuisStevensSanta Cruz, Ancash, Peru

Plant with purple flowers and thick leaves.

1 2 Browallia multiflora

Browallia multiflora

by LuisStevensSanta Cruz, Ancash, Peru

Browallia multiflora. Purple flowers from a low growing plant.

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by LuisStevensSanta Cruz, Ancash, Peru

Plant with red branches and flowers. 60 cm tall.

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by LuisStevensSanta Cruz, Ancash, Peru

Orange flowers from a 50 cm high plant.

1 5 Club-moss

Club-moss

by LuisStevensSanta Cruz, Ancash, Peru

Club-moss. Strange looking plant at 4,000 m above sea level.

0 0 Columbian Black-Tailed Deer

Columbian Black-Tailed Deer

by treelessmountainGilroy, California, USA

There were five of them wandering around in the morning together, presumably ...

0 0 Gymnopilus sp.

Gymnopilus sp.

by noni.gunarsaSanta Cruz, California, USA

Clustered, rusty orange color, gilled

0 0 Gymnopilus

Gymnopilus

by noni.gunarsaSanta Cruz, California, USA

Rusty orange color, gilled, clustered

0 2 California Newt

California Newt

by treelessmountainGilroy, California, USA

Small orange-ish newt.

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by LuisStevensSanta Cruz, Ancash, Peru

. Maybe is a way to protect from the intense cold in the

2 0 Spotting

Spotting

by LuisStevensSanta Cruz, Ancash, Peru

Cluster of round green... plant or fungus? some with an orange tip. Very low ...

12 9 Burrowing Owl

Burrowing Owl

by MauricioPachecoMunicipio Santa Cruz de La Sierra, Departamento de Santa Cruz, Bolivia

A small ground-dwelling Owl, common in dry lowlands from Canada to Chile

0 0 Plantain

Plantain

by GabrielLedesmaSanta Cruz, California, USA

Used as an antimicrobial, expectorant, and also as a pain reliever.

0 0 Wooly Hazelnut

Wooly Hazelnut

by GabrielLedesmaSanta Cruz, California, USA

Very soft leaves. Hazelnuts seem to grow in pairs. Shrub, leaves alternate. ...

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by LuisStevensSanta Cruz, Ancash, Peru

It looks like the paint brush plant that I know from Mexico but it may be ...

0 0 Feverfew

Feverfew

by PhilipHedgesCalifornia, USA

White flowers about two inches across.

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by treelessmountainSanta Clara, California, USA

Tree about 7 feet high, thin reddish "bark" that curled and peeled off the main ...

2 4 Banana Slug

Banana Slug

by JoeGoodmanArcata, California, USA

Slug that lives in the California Coastal

1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by arlandaSanta Cruz de Tenerife, Canarias, Spain

Moth

2 0 California Newt

California Newt

by StirredMochaCalifornia, USA

These brightly colored newts produce tetradotoxin, an extremely potent toxin ...

1 0 Brush Rabbit

Brush Rabbit

by ElkmanSanta Cruz City Landfill, California, USA

Nevada and Cascade mountain ranges. ...

0 0 Spanish Lotus / Spanish Clover

Spanish Lotus / Spanish Clover

by PhilipHedgesCalifornia, USA

Flowers are very small, about 1 cm. They look like tiny pea flowers.

0 4 Banana Slug

Banana Slug

by EdwardNathanReulbachJr.Silverdale, Washington, USA

Banana slugs are usually bright yellow (giving rise to the banana sobriquet) ...

0 0 Banana Slug

Banana Slug

by Paul-BenjaminCalifornia, USA

Banana slug is a common name for three species of air-breathing land slug in ...

0 0 Black-Bellied Slender Salamader

Black-Bellied Slender Salamader

by film85South Pasadena, California, USA

length on mainland adults, but only up to the body length on adults from

2 2 Grass hopper

Grass hopper

by huatulcoOaxaca, Mexico

Grasshoppers mating. About 4 in or 10 cm long.

0 1 Coast Garter Snake

Coast Garter Snake

by AlexanderKaliczakSanta Cruz, California, USA

A medium-sized slender snake with a head barely wider than the neck and keeled ...

1 0 Western Side-blotched Lizard

Western Side-blotched Lizard

by CindyBinghamKeiserPoway, California, USA

A small (1.5 - 2.5 inches long from snout to vent (3.8 - 6.3 cm)) brownish gray ...

2 7 Western Side-blotched Lizard

Western Side-blotched Lizard

by CindyBinghamKeiserEscondido, California, USA

Orange and brown lizard with pattern down back. There's a dark blotch behind ...

13 10 Spectacled Tyrant

Spectacled Tyrant

by misakoEl Calafate, Santa Cruz, Argentina

This is one of the most interesting birds I saw in South America. It has ...

3 5 Monarch

Monarch

by MichelleMccrackenLargo, Florida, USA

Monarch Female Male Conservation status Near ...

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