California Ecosystems - Beetles in the Prairie (original) mouse and Santa Cruz Wallflower

and Santa Cruz Wallflower

and Bracken Fern - all common

Yellow-billed Magpie

clean up beaches

and 2 eagle species represented

California Ecosystems - Beetles in the Prairie (original) mouse and Santa Cruz WallflowerOhlone Tiger Beetles are only found in a few pockets of Coastal Prairie in Santa Cruz County. They need disturbance in the prairie to provide the open ground they rely on for breeding habitat. But a bright green beetle sitting out in the open may be easy prey for a hungry Northern Flicker. Flickers eat mostly on the ground consuming beetles, earthworms, pill bugs, and other invertebrates. A healthy coastal prairie is home to a wide variety of native