Valley

Diamondback Moth

Tiny moth, massive cabbage menace

Madora Moth

Hairy larvae, hardy cocoons.

Oleander Hawk Moth

The leaf that flies at dusk

Winter Moth

Winter flyer, spring defoliator

Hercules Moth

Big wings. Bigger legend.

Clothes Moth

Keratin recyclers-sometimes in your closet

Comet Moth

Madagascar's moth with a comet's tail

Codling Moth

The copper-patched "worm in the apple"

Tomato Hornworm

From tomato terror to night-flying pollinator

European Corn Borer

Small moth, big tunnels, big losses

Yellow Cobra

Bright hood, potent neurotoxin

Texas Garter Snake

Striped hunter of Texas watersides

Speckled Kingsnake

Speckles, strength, and snake-eating swagger

Banded Krait

Bold bands, silent danger

Forest Cobra

Big cobra of Africa's deep forests

California Kingsnake

The striped hunter of the West

Blue Racer

Blue flash of the prairie

Philippine Cobra

Look, don't stare-spitting cobra!

San Francisco Garter Snake

Peninsula wetlands' living ribbon

Paradise Flying Snake

The snake that turns ribs into wings

Malayan Krait

Night-banded, nerve-silencing hunter

Desert Kingsnake

Desert's snake-eating "king"

Green Snake

The vine-colored insect hunter

Chinese Cobra

Hood up, hold back-Southern China's cobra