by LATO | Feb 28, 2017 | Discover Trail Life
Looks like there was a party down the trail that we missed! It must have been a family of deer heading back to their cozy nook somewhere down the trail.
by Beverly G. | Feb 23, 2017 | Discover Trail Life
Pismo Preserve docent Alison Jackson captured these interesting caterpillars in action during a recent hike. Our entomologist friend Dennis Sheridan helped us with the identification: These caterpillars will become variable checkerspot butterflies!
by Beverly G. | Feb 21, 2017 | Discover Trail Life
Bumblebee on phacelia at the Pismo Preserve, February 9,2017. We saw a hillside covered with these beautiful blooms and busy bees at work!
by Beverly G. | Jul 14, 2016 | Discover Trail Life
The kids and I spotted this convention of red milkweed beetles on woollypod milkweed along the LATO trail during a May 20,2016 hike. Did you know that these beetles make sounds akin to a cat purring? Click on the link to find out what entomologists have learned...
by Beverly G. | Jul 13, 2016 | Discover Trail Life
These four photographs of Western tiger swallowtail butterflies were taken in a period of a few seconds. The butterfly was enjoying the flower, fluttered its wings, and flew away. I especially like the third photo because it almost looks like there are two...
by Beverly G. | Jul 12, 2016 | Discover Trail Life
We spotted this wooly bear caterpillar toward the end of our July 11,2016 hike at the Pismo Preserve. The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History has published an interesting article about these “bears.”
