Thursday, July 7, 2011

Angiosperms

Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare

Limekiln State Park, Big Sur, CA
(Latitude: 36.00945, Longitude: -121.51865)











California Poppy, Eschscholzia californica

Vincente Flat Trail, Big Sur, CA (Latitude: 35.99167, Longitude: -121.49417)

(Note: I did not arrange the flowers this way, they were found as seen on the trail)

Amphibians

Both found at the Aquarium of the Bay, Pier 39, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA

California Toad, Bufo boreas











Pacific Tree Frog, Pseudacris regilla



Arthropod

Honey Bee, Apis mellifera

Aquarium of the Bay, Pier 39, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA












Pinacate Beetle, Eleodes spp.

Limekiln State Park, Big Sur, CA
(Latitude: 36.00945, Longitude: -121.51865)








Mollusk

Both found at the Aquarium of the Bay, Pier 39, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA

Red Abalone, Haliotis rufescens











Pacific Banana Slug, Ariolimax columbianus

Exothermic Organisms

Both found at the Aquarium of the Bay, Pier 39, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA

Western Pond Turtle, Clemmys marmorata











Cherry-head Red-foot Tortoise, Geochelone carbonaria















Bilateral Symmetry

Both found at the Aquarium of the Bay, Pier 39, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA

Giant Spined Star, Pisaster giganteus













Bat Stars, Asterina miniata

Radial Symmetry

Moon Jelly, Aurelia aurita













Tube Anemone, Pachycerianthus fimbriatus


















Both found at the Aquarium of the Bay, Pier 39, The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA