{"id":81433,"date":"2019-08-22T08:19:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T15:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=81433"},"modified":"2019-08-22T08:19:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T15:19:27","slug":"plants-and-bugs-my-2-favorite-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=81433","title":{"rendered":"Plants and Bugs: My 2 Favorite Things"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Time has been flying by here in Carlsbad.&nbsp; Lately our time has been spent revisiting\nsites to collect species that have ripening seed, or revisiting collections to\ncollect more of what we\u2019ve already collected. We\u2019ve been able to send some of\nour collections to the Bend Seed Extractory to be cleaned, and it\u2019s so\nsatisfying to consolidate the seed we\u2019ve collected for a species and see it all\ntogether in a bag. We\u2019ve made 18 collections so far and the season is still\npicking up with the monsoon rains bringing everything to life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our crew has definitely run into a couple of roadblocks (literally and figuratively) in the last month. We have followed our map and GPS to roads that lead to nowhere and roads that have fence right through the middle. A couple of our sites have been lunch for the cows \u2013 we still haven\u2019t decoded which plants they seem to like best. Some points have also been inaccessible as the road that leads to them gets eaten by oil pipeline construction. It can be discouraging sometimes, but then we find sites that have 7 different species we can collect and we forget about the lost ones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No matter what we do each day, we always see beautiful plants and new places. Southeast New Mexico has surprised me with it\u2019s beauty and life. I can&#8217;t decide whether I&#8217;m seeing more interesting, colorful insects than I have before or if I&#8217;m just noticing them now. Either way, I have been amazed and entranced by countless bugs and butterflies and moths and caterpillars these past few months. So here&#8217;s to 2 months left in Carlsbad! May it be filled with more flowers and more bugs than ever before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3030-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"81438\" data-link=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?attachment_id=81438\" class=\"wp-image-81438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3030-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3030-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3030-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>White-lined Sphinx Moth caterpillar <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/3288959E-8A59-4ECB-A8DA-3C5B1ADDB7B1-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"81439\" data-link=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?attachment_id=81439\" class=\"wp-image-81439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/3288959E-8A59-4ECB-A8DA-3C5B1ADDB7B1-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/3288959E-8A59-4ECB-A8DA-3C5B1ADDB7B1-338x600.jpg 338w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/3288959E-8A59-4ECB-A8DA-3C5B1ADDB7B1-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/3288959E-8A59-4ECB-A8DA-3C5B1ADDB7B1-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption>Salt Marsh Moth caterpillar<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3352-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"81440\" data-link=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?attachment_id=81440\" class=\"wp-image-81440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3352-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3352-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3352-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Unknown Odonturini tribe insect<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3300-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"81441\" data-link=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?attachment_id=81441\" class=\"wp-image-81441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3300-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3300-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3300-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3300-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Rainbow grasshopper<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_2774-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"81443\" data-link=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?attachment_id=81443\" class=\"wp-image-81443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_2774-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_2774-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_2774-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_2774-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Clematis drummondii<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_2835-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"81444\" data-link=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?attachment_id=81444\" class=\"wp-image-81444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_2835-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_2835-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_2835-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_2835-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Palafoxia sphacelata<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3078-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"81445\" data-link=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?attachment_id=81445\" class=\"wp-image-81445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3078-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3078-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3078-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Asclepias subverticillata<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3122-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"81446\" data-link=\"https:\/\/dev-clm-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?attachment_id=81446\" class=\"wp-image-81446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3122-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3122-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_3122-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Phyla nodiflora<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time has been flying by here in Carlsbad.&nbsp; Lately our time has been spent revisiting sites to collect species that have ripening seed, or revisiting collections to collect more of what we\u2019ve already collected. We\u2019ve been able to send some &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/?p=81433\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7530,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81433"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7530"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81433"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81465,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81433\/revisions\/81465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.clminternship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}