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n S and six-legged insects, such as beetles, bumblebees, i LAX c T a Playa and butterflies. Each species uses a slightly different O del Rey B part of the native beach bluff plant habitat. Flying R a I insects depend on nectar and pollen from y El Segundo C
year-round flowering of the native plant community. S A Predators, such as parasitic Manhattan Beach N wasps and spiders, depend Yellow-faced bumblebee (Bombus vosnesenskii) D
on a diverse arthropod community for food.
Hermosa D Acmon blue butterfly (Plebejus acmon) Beach Specialized arthropods feed on one plant species or group U Beach Bluffs King N of plants. Some are endemic, found nowhere else in the Harbor world. These include the Restoration Project E
S he Beach Bluffs Restoration Project federally endangered El Tbegan in 2001 when a group of local Redondo residents, nonprofit groups, and government agencies united to implement Beach Segundo blue butterfly, a a common vision of restoring the native vegetation of the bluffs along the southern portion of Santa Monica Bay, between Jerusalem cricket, a moth Ballona Creek and the Palos Verdes Peninsula. You Are Here
Stink beetle (Eleodes species) whose larvae feed only on Goals of the Project Torrance • Increase the ecological value of the bluffs and dunes dune lupine, and a crab spider that hides in • Promote the beauty of native plants • Educate the public about the natural history of our urban beaches flowerheads to ambush its prey. Palos White-lined sphinx moth larva (Hyles lineata) Verdes Estates