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Juniper Haircap Moss (Polytrichum juniperinum)Observer
sea-kangarooDescription
"big" moss, with a bonus spider burrow
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Genus LichenomphaliaObserver
sea-kangarooDescription
On a licheny & mossy trailside.
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Smoothcap Mosses (Genus Atrichum)Observer
sea-kangarooDescription
"big" and rather leafy moss
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Life (Life)Observer
sea-kangarooDescription
....or is this a fungus? CV thinks it is, and I didn't attempt to pry the door open.
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Western Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium bellum)Observer
sea-kangarooDescription
This one slightly paler purple than usual.
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Genus ListrusObserver
sea-kangarooDescription
Tiny beetle on Western Blue-eyed Grass.
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Purple Mouse Ears (Diplacus douglasii)Observer
sea-kangarooDescription
Lots! Look awesome with the sun shining through them.
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Typical Hover Flies (Subfamily Syrphinae)Observer
sea-kangarooDescription
Caught and killed by a crab spider.
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Homalothecium Mosses (Genus Homalothecium)Observer
sea-kangarooDescription
Cool moss studded with Eyelash Cups.
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Beetles (Order Coleoptera)Observer
sea-kangarooDescription
4 individuals here, all near each other:
photos 1-2: mating pair on Yerba Santa leaf
photos 3-4: single on Yerba Santa leaf
photos 5-6: single on Lomatium (near Yerba Santa)
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Genus PlatylyraObserver
sea-kangarooDescription
Edge between chaparral and blue oak forest.
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Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata)Observer
sea-kangarooDescription
2 with a flock of Golden-crowned Sparrows.