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This was in downtown Larkspur
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This was in downtown Larkspur
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Great day for larvae on the creek trail: most of the stages(or instars if you will) were easily found. I've always better luck finding these lovely caterpillars at the end of the season; a nice reminder that the fading California summer will soon brighten into our long spring.
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Great day for larvae on the creek trail: most of the stages(or instars if you will) were easily found. I've always better luck finding these lovely caterpillars at the end of the season; a nice reminder that the fading California summer will soon brighten into our long spring.
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Great day for larvae on the creek trail: most of the stages(or instars if you will) were easily found. I've always better luck finding these lovely caterpillars at the end of the season; a nice reminder that the fading California summer will soon brighten into our long spring.
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Great day for larvae on the creek trail: most of the stages(or instars if you will) were easily found. I've always better luck finding these lovely caterpillars at the end of the season; a nice reminder that the fading California summer will soon brighten into our long spring.
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Great day for larvae on the creek trail: most of the stages(or instars if you will) were easily found. I've always better luck finding these lovely caterpillars at the end of the season; a nice reminder that the fading California summer will soon brighten into our long spring.
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With all the invasive fennel I was seeing I hoped I might find an Anise Swallowtail flitting around. Some searching did no good but as I was walking back to the car I happened to spot this about six feet from the trail so got one a little earlier in its life than expected.
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With all the invasive fennel I was seeing I hoped I might find an Anise Swallowtail flitting around. Some searching did no good but as I was walking back to the car I happened to spot this about six feet from the trail so got one a little earlier in its life than expected.
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My daughter had taken caterpillars from the sweet fennel in her yard; and has them on a bunch of this in a vase. One individual left the room, climbed the stairs and formed it's crysalid on a chair in her bedroom.
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My daughter had taken caterpillars from the sweet fennel in her yard; and has them on a bunch of this in a vase. One individual left the room, climbed the stairs and formed it's crysalid on a chair in her bedroom.
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Another butterfly that took me 20 minutes and more than 50 pictures to get.
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