Encyclopedia of Life

Color: Green, Red on Edges
Leaf Shape: Ovate
Margin: Dentate
Venation: Longitudinal

Animal: Pocket gopher
Color: Brown with Light Patches
Shiny Coat
Large Incisors
20 cm
Large Cheek Pouches
Used forward and back movement to push dirt

Encyclopedia of Life: Phase 2

Full Plant

Plant: Buckwheat
Color: Light-to-Medium
Shape: Cordate
Margin: Cilliate
Leaf Size: 1.5"
Venation: Palmate
Petiole: 1"
Surface: Smooth, Veniated

Close Up of Flower

Plant and Insect Identification

horseweed - conyza canadensis

Shape: Linear

Margin: Ciliate

Venation: Reticulate

Color: Mildly Desaturated Green

Leaf Length: 1 Inch long

Leaf Width: 1 Millimeter

Petiole: None

Moth

Legs: Cursorial

Mouthparts: Butterfly
Colors/Patterns: umber speckles on ochre wings, grey underbelly
Antennae: two brown capitate antennae
Wings: Scaly
Other unique characteristics: Pretty stupid, flew straight into our net.