Twelve Days of Christmas 2012

Since tomorrow is the twelfth day of Christmas, I thought I'd give you your belated gifts. Of course they're all part of L.A.'s surprising biodiversity, yes even those turtle wasps!

Twelve weevils wandering

Eleven pepsis wasps piping

Ten spiders-a-leaping

Nine ground squirrels dancing

Eight ants-a-milking (though technically they should be milking aphids)

Seven spittlebugs-a-spitting

Six roaches-a-laying (down that is)

Five under wings

Four warbling birds

Three French (phorid) flies

Two turtle wasps

And a hawk in a pear infested pond

Wishing you a happy New Year...what urban nature will we find this year?

The Twelve Days of Christmas

On the Twelfth Day of Christmas the North Campus gave to me...

Twelve skippers skipping

Eleven pill bugs pillaging

Ten fritillaries a-feeding

 Nine gulls a-diving (dumpster diving that is)

Eight mantids a-milking

Seven caterpillars a-crawling

Six ladybugs a-laying

Five phorid (fly) wings

Four calling crows

Three French hummingbirds

Two turtle fox squirrels

 And an oak gall in an oak tree!

Wishing you a happy holiday season!