BioBlitz results!

Thanks everyone for joining us for the Coyote Creek BioBlitz! It was nice to be back by the Anderson Reservoir Visitor Center, after such a long time. We saw plenty of bird activity, including a Steller's Jay nest, and Bewick's Wren fledglings, in addition to many other birds.

We documented many insects that were found on the oaks along the creek, including the rare Ashy Gray Lady Beetle and a few species of galls (and the first of the season Spined Turban Gall Wasp on a Valley Oak). We saw 6 species of ants, and some really cool wasps, such as the Pacific Velvet Ant, which is not an ant, but a female wasp, searching the ground quickly for native bee nests to lay her eggs in.
In the creek, we found a few Damselfly larvae, Mayfly larvae, aquatic bugs and crustaceans, and countless invasive New Zealand Mudsnails, that unfortunately keep spreading in the area.
I hope you had fun, and please join our future events!
Merav
https://www.bioblitz.club/

Posted on 11 June, 2021 20:34 by merav