iNaturalist observers logged 56 research-grade sightings across Sonoma Valley in the past week.
Also logged this week
- Pacific Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer catenifer), Sonoma Valley Regional Park, Glen Ellen (reptile)
- Acmon Blue (Icaricia acmon), Sonoma County (insect)
- Black-footed Drone Fly (Eristalis hirta), Sonoma County (insect)
- California Sister (Adelpha californica), Fairfield Osborn Preserve, Sonoma County, US- (insect)
- Gray Buckeye (Junonia grisea), Glen Ellen (insect)
- Interrupted Hornet Fly (Spilomyia interrupta), Sonoma County (insect)
- Manzanita Leafgall Aphid (Tamalia coweni), Jack London State Historic Park, Glen Ellen (insect)
- Purplish Copper (Tharsalea helloides), Sonoma County (insect)
- Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), Glen Ellen (insect)
- Sage Plume Moth (Anstenoptilia marmarodactyla), Sonoma Hwy, Glen Ellen (insect)
- Vivid Dancer (Argia vivida), Penngrove (insect)
- West Coast Lady (Vanessa annabella), Sonoma County (insect)
- Woodland Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides), Sonoma County (insect)
- California Turret Spider (Atypoides riversi), Glen Ellen (arachnid)
- Button's Banana Slug (Ariolimax buttoni), Winery Terr, Kenwood (mollusk)
- Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii), Sonoma County (plant)
- Coastal Woodfern (Dryopteris arguta), Winery Terr, Kenwood (plant)
- Hayfield Tarweed (Hemizonia congesta), Kenwood (plant)
- Pacific poison oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum), the valley (plant)
- Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia), Glen Ellen (plant)
- Annulohypoxylon thouarsianum, Glen Ellen (fungus)
- Conifer Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus conifericola), Plum Tree Trail, Glen Ellen (fungus)
- Phaeolus hispidoides, Glen Ellen (fungus)
- Splitgill Mushroom (Schizophyllum commune), Glen Ellen (fungus)
More than 187,920 wild observations and museum specimens have been logged in this stretch of the valley over the decades, according to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Sightings from research-grade observations on iNaturalist; photographs used under their Creative Commons licenses, credited to the observer. Records are community-submitted and identifications may be revised. Please observe wildlife respectfully and keep to the trails.