The “nature” that most people in the Los Angeles basin experience is the assemblage of plants and animals in urban parks and suburban backyards. Birds and mammals are well known, with urban coyotes and feral parrots being part of L.A.’s distinctive culture, but less understood is the fauna of insects and other small creatures. Composed of native species that can survive (or thrive) in these new conditions, along with foreign introductions and invaders, this “altered nature” of homes and gardens is surprisingly diverse and poorly known. It is also constantly changing, with a rain of new introductions, due to human commerce, frequently providing new species for our area.

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