openspacer:
Koeleria macrantha, JUNE GRASS
openspacer:
Quercus douglasii, BLUE OAK
openspacer:
Pointed red galls are Andricus kingi, RED CONE GALL WASP or Andricus atrimentus, STRIPED VOLCANO GALL WASP.
openspacer:
Discholcaspis prehensa, CLASPING TWIG GALL WASP
openspacer:
Festuca californica, CALIFORNIA FESCUE
openspacer:
Quercus cf. berberidifolia, SCRUB OAK?
openspacer:
Quercus cf. berberidifolia, SCRUB OAK?
openspacer:
Discholcaspis prehensa, CLASPING TWIG GALL WASP
openspacer:
Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia, COAST LIVE OAK x Q. wislizeni var. frutescens, DWARF INTERIOR LIVE OAK hybrid?
openspacer:
Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia, COAST LIVE OAK x Q. wislizeni var. frutescens, DWARF INTERIOR LIVE OAK hybrid?
openspacer:
Argiope aurantia, YELLOW GARDEN SPIDER, female
openspacer:
Argiope aurantia, YELLOW GARDEN SPIDER, male
openspacer:
CRYSTALLINE GALL WASP, Andricus crystallinus
openspacer:
Quercus cf. berberidifolia, SCRUB OAK
openspacer:
Quercus douglasii x Q. durata. Hybrid between Blue and Leather Oak?
openspacer:
Quercus douglasii x Q. durata. Hybrid between Blue and Leather Oak?
openspacer:
Eriogonum luteolum var. luteolum, GOLDEN BUCKWHEAT.
openspacer:
Calochortus sp., MARIPOSA LILY seed pod.
openspacer:
Calochortus sp., MARIPOSA LILY seed pod and seeds
openspacer:
Herbarium team examining plants in opening in oak woodland dominated by Festuca californica, CALIFORNIA FESCUE.
openspacer:
Festuca californica, CALIFORNIA FESCUE
openspacer:
We found many spiders and their egg cases in this grassland.
openspacer:
Argiope aurantia, YELLOW GARDEN SPIDER, female.
openspacer:
Argiope aurantia, YELLOW GARDEN SPIDER, female with prey
openspacer:
Spider egg sac, securely suspended by multiple strands of silk.
openspacer:
Spider egg sac, securely suspended by multiple strands of silk.
openspacer:
mass of newly hatched baby spiders with yellow abdomens