Either disturbed by, or interested in, the mob of Hemiopterans swarming through the neighborhood...
Hundreds of these scurrying through the leaf litter a few hundred feet below the peak in a small area. About half consisted of a pair joined as these: a much larger dragging a smaller. I expected to get better pictures; alas, between the dappled light and their frenetic pace I couldn't do better than these.
Leptocoris? Specifically the Box Elder bug? This area is predominately Douglas Fir, but there were some broadleaf species.
A fat little fly; seemingly glued to this monkey flower.
Wasted some time trying to get a picture of their typical hovering flight, when I've neither the skill or camera to do this...
Can't seem to ID this... a woody and formidably thorny shrub, up to 6' tall, appearing sparsely on the N. side of Hood Mt. Peak. Flowers so reminiscent of peas.
So many this year... couldn't resist this one, so cool in it's all-black/white dorsal pattern. These are certainly variable.
Baby redwood,another 12ft tall recorded by Carla Suarez soto Ariana Mendoza paniagua , Helen Lehman school, 6th grade, IOOBY
Recorded by yuliana negrete fatima olivares Paula chan, Helen Lehman school, IOOBY
Covered with butterflies: Pipevine Swallowtails, Variable Checkerspots, Acmon Blues, and a thousand Juniper Hairstreaks. The hairstreaks seemed almost glued to the plant. Bees and beetles as well..
Large patch of this growing in a seep in Orchard Meadow.
