🚨We hit the Hill and made some noise for our forests!🌲 Thank you to the California and Oregon Representatives who took the time to listen as we advocated against the harmful "Fix Our Forests Act". Huge shoutout to our small but mighty lobbying group! 📰Stay tuned to our next eNews for all the inside details on the fly-in. #forest #flyin #publiclands (fb)

Join us for Nature Trivia Night at @institutionales in Camarillo this Monday, June 16th at 6pm! As you can see in this example question, we love to include history and pop culture in our questions—you don't have to be a nature expert to do well. So why are these moths named after the Great Sphinx of Giza? It has to do with a position of their caterpillars when threatened. They lift the front of their body and tuck their head, apparently resembling the Sphinx. But usually you'll see them just crawling along the ground or on one of their host plants. The moth shown here is specifically the white-lined sphinx moth (Hyles lineata). The adults have a consistent appearance, but the caterpillars have a variety of different colors and patterns. In our region, we tend to see the variation shown in the second image. Sphinx moths (the family Sphingidae) are also called hawk moths and their caterpillars are often called hornworms. They tend to be large, and they may resemble hummingbirds when visiting flowers. Be on the lookout for these beautiful insects! And if you're in or near the Camarillo area, be sure to join us for a great evening of trivia on Monday. You can have teams of up to six people—and there'll be prizes! Trivia will be emceed by our very own @bryant.the.shrublander, who also captured the images above. . . . #sphinxmoth #entomology #camarillo (fb)