Paper Wasp (Polistes aurifer), Coyote Hills Regional Park, Alameda County, California - August 2009.
Lejops sp. hover fly (Syrphidae), Coyote Hills Regional Park, Alameda County, California - 17 August 2011. Generic ID confirmed by Martin Hauser.
Paravilla sp. Bee Fly (Bombyliidae), Coyote Hills Regional Park, Alameda County, California - August 2009. Thanks to J. Kits and Bug Guide for genus-level identification.
Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon) caterpillar, found on fennel flowers, Coyote Hills Regional Park, Alameda County, California - August 2009.
Eleodes cordatus (Darkling Beetle, Tenebrionidae), Coyote Hills Regional Park, Alameda County, California, May 2010. Thanks to B. Mathison and Bug Guide for species-level identification.
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle (Coccinella septempunctata), Coyote Hills Regional Park, Alameda County, California - August 2009. This is another introduced lady beetle that may be a beneficial predator in some cases, but also may be displacing some of our native coccinellids.
Harlequin Bug (Murgantia histrionica), adult, Coyote Hills Regional Park, Alameda Co., CA - August 2009.
Immature Western Black Widow (Latrodectus hesperus), Coyote Hills Regional Park, Alameda Co., CA - August 2009. ID confirmed by examination of the specimen by Rick Vetter in July 2010.
Brown Smoothound shark Mustelus henlei observed stranded in a shallow tidal pool in south bay near Foster city. Located south of San Mateo bridge, near region where Bat rays have washed up and a county sign posting water unsafe.
Reported to us by Pelagic Shark Research Foundation.
Big, bright white birds with black wingtips, not that it shows in the photo.
I think it's growing on sedimentary rock.
I think it's growing on sedimentary rock.
Upper margin of keel is ciliate near the tip and the banner is longer than wide.
Stamens are attached near the constriction in corolla tube, which is below half the length of the tube. The stigma is surrounded by the stamens and there are 5 calyx lobes.
The second picture shows the hairy appendages at the throat of the corolla. The corolla was 5 mm wide and about 10 mm long.
There were 3 glabrous ridges at the top of the mericarp
