Natomas Flyers at Ninos Parkway
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Birds, Butterflies & Insects Abound
From early Spring until the last days of Fall, grasslands are an abundant source of vibrant wildflowers and swaying grasses. These plants provide pollen and nectar for pollinators such as hummingbirds, butterflies and bees. They are host plants for butterfly and moth larvae, and they attract insects and produce seeds for hungry birds that make grasslands their home. Look for dragonflies soaring above the waves of undulating grassland plants hunting smaller insects, including mosquitoes.
![](https://natomasgac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/ladybug-150x150.jpg)
Convergent Ladybug Beetle Hippodamia Convergens
![](https://natomasgac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/beegreen-150x150.jpg)
Green Sweat Bee Agapostemon sp.
![](https://natomasgac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/paintedlady-300x259.jpg)
Painted Lady Vanessa Candui
![](https://natomasgac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/monarch-300x275.jpg)
Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus
![](https://natomasgac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/checkered-300x265.jpg)
Common Checkered Skipper Pyrgus Communis
![](https://natomasgac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/lacewing-300x259.jpg)
Green Lacewing Chrysopidae sp.
![](https://natomasgac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/hummingbird-300x225.jpg)
Anna’s Hummingbird Calypte anna
![](https://natomasgac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/swallowtail-300x232.jpg)
Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus
![](https://natomasgac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/dragonfly-300x294.jpg)
Variegated Meadowhawk Dragonfly Sympetrum corruptum
![](https://natomasgac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/moths-300x140.jpg)
Acmon Blue Plebejus acmon
White-lined Sphinx Moth Hyles lineata
![](https://natomasgac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/bluebird-300x281.jpg)
Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana
![](https://natomasgac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/magpie-148x300.jpg)
Yellow-billed Magpie Pica nuttalli
![](https://natomasgac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/skipper-150x150.jpg)
Fiery Skipper Hylephila phyleus
![](https://natomasgac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/gray-150x150.jpg)
Gray Hairstreak Strymon melinus
![](https://natomasgac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/damselfly-150x150.jpg)
Vivid Dancer Damselfly Argia vivida
![](https://natomasgac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/bumblebee-150x150.jpg)
Blackmailed Bumble Bee Bombus melanopygus
![](https://natomasgac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/finch-150x150.jpg)
House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
![](https://natomasgac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/greendragonfly-150x150.jpg)
Green Darner Dragonfly Anax juniu
![](https://natomasgac.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/leafcutterbee-150x150.jpg)
Leafcutter Bee Megachilidae sp.
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