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  California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
California was poorly settled until modern public health eliminated the endemic outbreaks of yellow fever, malaria and plague, caused from the area’s lack of frosts, which kills mosquitoes and fleas.
California's vast terrain is connected by an extensive system of freeways, expressways, and highways, all maintained by Caltrans and patrolled by the California Highway Patrol, except for the numbered expressways in Santa Clara County which were built and maintained by the county itself.
California is governed as a republic, with three branches of government: the executive branch consisting of the Governor of California and the other independently elected constitutional officers; the legislative branch consisting of the Assembly and Senate; and the judicial branch consisting of the Supreme Court of California and lower courts.
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 California dogface butterfly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The California dogface butterfly (Colias eurydice or Zerene eurydice Boisduval) has been the state insect of the U.S. state of California since 1972.
California was the first state to choose a state insect.
In the Santa Ana Mountains in Southern California, adult Dogface butterflies can often be seen nectaring at roadside thistles.
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 California - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
While California is among the most Democratic and liberal states in the nation because of the large concentration of voters in populous areas, much of California is politically very conservative, notably the Central Valley, the Inland Empire, Orange and San Diego counties, and most inland, eastern, and rural areas.
California is famous for its earthquakes, due partly to the presence of the San Andreas Fault.
California's vast terrain is connected by an extensive system of freeways, expressways, and highways, all maintained by Caltrans and patrolled by the California Highway Patrol.
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 Travel information
The entire region originally known as California was composed of the Mexican peninsula now known as Baja California and the land in the current states of California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona and Wyoming, known as Alta California.
California is governed as a republic, with three branches of government, the executive branch consisting of the Governor of California and the other elected constitutional officers, the legislative branch consisting of the Assembly and Senate, and the judicial branch consisting of the Supreme Court of California and lower courts.
California's giant judiciary is supervised by the seven Justices of the Supreme Court of California.
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 California Information Center - california lottery
The entire california dreamin region originally known as California was composed of the Mexican peninsula now known as Baja California and much of the land in the current states of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona and Wyoming, known as Alta California.
California is governed phantom planet california as a republic, with three branches of government, the executive branch consisting of the Governor of California and the other independently elected constitutional officers, the legislative branch consisting of the Assembly and Senate, and the judicial branch consisting of the Supreme Court of California and lower courts.
Many california gold rush important legislative decisions are thus not made on the floor of the legislature but in back-room deals by the "Big Five", which comprises the governor and the Democratic and Republican leaders of each chamber.
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 California Online, Social Studies, Glencoe Online
California is known for the outstanding beauty of its national parks, national forests, and state parks.
California is home to many places of interest that draw visitors from all over the world.
Steinbeck was born in Salinas, California in 1902.
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 CaliforniaPage
California's 1st Suspension Bridge, built in 1856, was relocated in Bidwell Canyon prior to the construction of the Oroville Dam.
California remained largely unsettled until around 1768 when, fearing encroachment by other countries, King Charles ordered the land to be colonized.
California became a state in 1850 and by 1854, Sacramento was the designated capital.
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 California dogface butterfly
The female of cesonia exhibits the "dogface" marking rarely found in the female of eurydice.
The "dogface" marking in the eurydice male almost always exhibits an iridescent violet sheen.
Vicious debates ensued until it was agreed that the California Dogface should be our state butterfly.
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 More Info on california - - calafornia - - califonia
If California were an independent nation, it would have the sixth largest economy in the world (after the rest of the U.S., Japan, Germany, Britain and France; see economy of California).
California's population is larger than all but 33 countries; more populated than Canada.
California's large population has helped to make it home to many professional sports teams, including fifteen major professional sports league franchises, far more than any other state.
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 SDNHM - California Dogface Butterfly
The California Dogface is named for the pattern on the forewings of the male: they are yellow with a fl border outlining a profile shaped like a dog's face.
The adult butterfly measures 1 5/8 inches (4.13 cm) to 2 1/2 inches (6.35 cm) across.
In California, this species ranges from San Diego County north to Sonoma County.
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 Alfalfa caterpillar butterfly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Distribution: The Alfalfa Caterpillar Butterfly primarily inhabits the lowland areas of Orange County.
The species is most likely to be encountered in large vacant lots and other semi-disturbed areas, although it is rarely common, due to the lack of extensive alfalfa cultivation in the county today.
From Orsak, L. The Butterflies of Orange County, California.
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 California Biography,info
Filipinos are particularly numerous in San Mateo and Solano counties, and in communities such as Baldwin Park, Covina, West Covina, and the community of Eagle Rock in Los Angeles.
In 2000, California also had the largest number of people with Bulgarian heritage than any other state in the United States according to the 2000 Census.
California also has one of the largest numbers of people of Armenian heritage and Persian heritage, with estimates of up to 500,000 persons in Southern California, and 20% of Beverly Hills being of Persian origin.
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 The Butterfly Conservancy: California Dogface Photographs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Note: The California State Butterfly is available only for educational kits in California.
Range: North-central California south to Baja California, west of the central mountains and deserts.
Photographs and text copyright by and adapted from US Geological Survey's Butterflies of North America.
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 List of U.S. state butterflies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of official U.S. state butterflies:
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
^ Official State Butterflies, NetState.com, accessed April 21, 2006.
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 Counting California: Quick Facts:
The hope of humanity for a paradise on earth had been in the minds of the people ever since Adam and Eve were driven from the Garden of Eden, and the discovery of a new continent gave impetus to this wishful thinking.
At any rate, California is the only state in the Union whose name was transferred from the realm of utopian fantasy to geographical reality, and after several centuries it has more than fulfilled what the creator of the name symbolically implied.
Counting California is a service of the UC Libraries, powered by the CDL.
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 Encyclopedia Smithsonian: State Insects
California was the first state of the United States to select a state insect.
The Dogface Butterfly, Zerene eurydice, was officially adopted as the state insect of California in 1929.
This was the result of a statewide poll of all the active entomologists in the state, responding to the Lorquin Entomological Society of Los Angeles.
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 California State Symbols, Emblems, California State Flag, State Bird State Seal, State Animal, State Flower, State ...
California Grizzly Bear (Ursus californicus) Bear in Mind: The California Grizzly at The Bancroft Library
California Redwood (Coast Redwood: Sequoia sempervirens) and (Giant Sequoia: Sequoia gigantea).
Though adopted, by the California legislature as Sequoia gigantea, the Giant Sequoia was more correctly identified as Sequoiadendron giganteum by John T. Buchholz in 1939.
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 Dog Face Butterfly   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The California dogface butterfly or dog head (Zerene eurydice) was designated the official State Insect in 1972.
The butterfly is found only in California from the foothills of the Sierra Nevada to the Coast Ranges and from Sonoma south to San Diego.
The female is usually entirely yellow with a fl spot on the upper wings.
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 California State Insect - California Dogface Butterfly
Male California Dogface butterfly © Peter J. Bryant
The California dogface butterfly (Zerene eurydice), also called "dog head butterfly," is found only in California.
in 1929 California became the first state to designate a state insect, resulting from responses to a statewide poll given by Lorquin Entomological Society of Los Angeles to all active entomologists in the state.
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 dogface - OneLook Dictionary Search
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dogface : Encarta® World English Dictionary, North American Edition [home, info]
dogface : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
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 Official State Insects   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Georgia - Honey bee (insect); Tiger swallowtail (butterfly)
Mississippi - Honey bee (insect); spicebush swallowtail (butterfly)
Swallowtail butterflies - Florida (giant), Georgia (tiger), Mississippi (spicebush), Ohio (tiger), Oklahoma (fl), Oregon (Oregon), Virginia (tiger), and Wyoming (western)
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 California State Library Hompage Redirect   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The "History and Culture - State Insignia" page from the California State Library has moved.
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Please update your bookmark with the new location.
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