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This flying fox bat in our mammalogy collection was originally confiscated by customs. Sometimes labels bring up more questions than answers. #BatWeek #halloween #bts

Say cheese #WarthogWednesday #smile #taxidermy

Some #malacology to brighten your Monday— Cuban tree snails! 🐌

Hope this isn't too jarring for some of you 🐙 #malacology #behindthescenes #museumcollections

These fossilized Cephalopoda look pretty good for their age...most of them are approx 75 million yrs old! #cephalopodweek #bts #museumcollections

Mean green Malachite. #ButterflyPavilion

According to Mesoamerican folklore, a Nagual is a person who can transform into a certain animal. In #GrandesMaestros, artist #ManuelJimenezRamirez imagines the rabbit as his alter ego. What's your #SpiritAnimal?

Carol, our director of the #NatureGardens, showed us the Indian Mallow, a great drought tolerant desert plant that attracts pollinators. #NationalPublicGardensDay

Did you know we have a whole collection of polychaetes (sea worms)? #WiggleWithIt

Our next #bird of the day is the Nuttall's Woodpecker. Ornithology rockstar Kimball Garrett shows us both male (red) and female from the collection. He'll be doing walks and talks at NHM tomorrow for #BirdLAday! #bts #birdsofinstagram

#BehindTheScenes in the ornithology collection with Kimball Garrett, getting ready for #BirdLADay this Saturday! These are Western tanagers 🐤

Getting a closer look at #Monarchs in the Nature Lab. There are a lot flying around the #ButterflyPavilion these days!

The flowers in the #NatureGardens are so pretty and #drought tolerant! #EarthDay

This is Latte. Herpetologist Greg Pauly + crew found him in Baldwin Hills, dumped there after Easter weekend. Please don't release pets in the wild! Bad for pets' well-being and the local ecosystem. Luckily we found him a home! 🐰 #bunny

Dodo bird by #CharlesKnight. Because Friday. #SciArt

#CUTE: Baby skunks found at #LAriver poking heads out of the sidewalk in the course of a Museum urban biodiversity study with @nature_org. #LAnature #citizenscience #aww

Anna's Hummingbird nest found in the #NatureGardens. The female is the sole nest builder, egg incubator and young feeder.  She builds her nest with spider silk so that as her brood, usually of 2, grow the nest will expand. #girlpower 📷: @naturegardener