The San Francisco Citizen

Look at this thing - it’s like a stuffed animal. It’s a cecropia moth and boy is it big. Like this big. And here’s what it looked like in its fourth phase of being a caterpiller.

San Francisco’s Conservatory of Flowers in Golden Gate Park is having its Butterfly Zone Special Exhibit these days, so you should check it out.

And don’t forget about the Night Safaris on the first and third Thursdays of each month.

See you there!

Getting prepared to talk the talk and walk the walk on September 19th, aka Talk Like a Pirate Day.

Check out yesterday’s march and protest at the headquarters of United Statess Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) in San Francisco.

Senator Carole Migden dropped by to call these federal raids “improper invasions.” Read about it here and see a video here.

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A male Allen’s Hummingbird uses sunlight to show off his iridescent orange-red mantle at the Strybing Arboretum / San Francisco Botanical Garden .

It’s his way of saying “we bad” to other Allen’s Hummingbirds.

Here’s what happened with these four small front-wheel-drive cars parked on the Streets of San Francisco:

A fast-moving vehicle hit the Corolla, which hit the Honda, which hit the Ford, which hit the other Toyota.

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