The western calligrapher is a small fly that looks like a bee.
Read more →Tree squirrels are amazing acrobats. They fearlessly climb out onto the tips of branches to reach seeds or take fearless leaps between limbs. They chase each other up, down, and all around the trunk of trees with speed and agility. Their lives seem to involve a great amount of risk or chance.
Read more →The honeysuckle sawfly, or Abia americana, has a shimmering copper sheen, and its round, striped body mimics a bee. But if you get close to one, you’ll notice it has knobs on the end of its antennae, which is something butterflies have, but bees don’t.
Read more →The California Scrub-Jay is a magnificent bird that is a year-round resident out at the Arboretum.
Read more →The shore bug is a jumpy character with an oval shape and bug-eyes.
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