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Observing Plant Preference of the Variable Checkerspot

Angry Ecologist, Skyler Thomas, makes observations regarding the interactions of a native insect and native plants while also observing the absence of those same interactions on the nonnative species. This reveals the intricacies of relationships amongst native plants and animals over time while also alluding to the damage done by throwing in a species that doesn’t belong. An extra bonus was seeing a caterpillar on a native California blackberry which had been buried two weeks early by Cape Ivy. Skyler removed the cape ivy with the hope of seeing something like this. Native birds have also become active in the newly freed area. Location: Presidio, San Francisco, California. Native plants in this video: Bee plant Monkey Flower Greenspot Nightshade Coyote Brush Plantain Lupin California blackberry Nonnative plants: Cape Ivy Wild radish Native Animals: Variable checkerspot caterpillar/butterfly Song sparrow Bushtit