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Anise Swallowtail Caterpillar, in the process of becoming a chrysalis, photographed in San Ysidro Canyon.<br> <br> Dozens of chrysalises can be seen on fennel plants in San Ysidro canyon during the Fall when the plants are in seed.
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A – Puny Prow (5.10- R)<br> B – Vanishing Flakes (5.11a)<br> C – Young William (5.12a)<br> D – Rockoco (5.5)<br> E – Applied Magnetics (5.9 PG13)<br> F – Face Lift (5.7 – 5.10a R)<br> G – the Great Race (5.10a)<br> H – Peels of Laughter (5.7 R)<br> I – Many Happy Returns (5.8+)<br> J – Orangahang (5.8)<br> K – Rick’s Route (5.8- R)<br> L – Fine Line (5.9-)<br> M – the Weeny Roofs (5.10c R)<br>
Canyon Wren nest, at San Ysidro Canyon
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Matthew Fienup
Oct 7, 2008
“Anise Swallowtail Caterpillar, in the process of becoming a chrysalis, photographed in San Ysidro Canyon.

Dozens of chrysalises can be seen on fennel plants in San Ysidro canyon during the Fall when the plants are in seed.”  

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Nice shot!. Dec 17, 2010

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A – Puny Prow (5.10- R)<br> B – Vanishing Flakes (5.11a)<br> C – Young William (5.12a)<br> D – Rockoco (5.5)<br> E – Applied Magnetics (5.9 PG13)<br> F – Face Lift (5.7 – 5.10a R)<br> G – the Great Race (5.10a)<br> H – Peels of Laughter (5.7 R)<br> I – Many Happy Returns (5.8+)<br> J – Orangahang (5.8)<br> K – Rick’s Route (5.8- R)<br> L – Fine Line (5.9-)<br> M – the Weeny Roofs (5.10c R)<br>
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