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Treebeard: Stilt Bug in the family Berytidae of the Hemiptera
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Treebeard: Gnarly Assassin Bug (Reduviidae) - feeding on flowers?!
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Treebeard: Tiny fly (Diptera) on tiny Chickweed (Stellaria media) flower
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Treebeard: Propertius Duskywing (Erynnis propertius) butterfly on Eastwood Manzanita (Arctostaphylos glandulosa)
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Treebeard: Golden Syrphid Flower Fly (Syrphidae, Diptera)
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Treebeard: Tiny Wasp (Hymenoptera) on manzanita leaf
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Treebeard: Tiny Wasp (Hymenoptera) on leaf - maybe a Gall Wasp (Cynipidae)?
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Treebeard: Bumblebee on Canyon Sunflower (Venegasia carpesioides, Asteraceae)
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Treebeard: Native ants (Formicidae) tending aphids (Aphididae)
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Treebeard: Tiny planthopper (Fulgoroidea, Homoptera) - maybe an Issid Planthopper (Issidae)?
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Treebeard: Crab Spider (Salticidae) has unfortunate fly
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Treebeard: Planthopper (Membracidae, Fulgoroidea, Homoptera) on leaf of unusual Shreve Oak (Quercus shrevei, Fagaceae))
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Treebeard: Scale insects (Coccoidea, Homoptera) on Coyote Bush (Baccharis pilularis, Asteraceae)
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Treebeard: Odd little insect on Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae)
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Treebeard: Gorgeous fly (Diptera) perched on Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
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Treebeard: Tiny Wasp (Hymenoptera) on Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) stem
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Treebeard: Beautiful Ichneumon Wasp (Ichneumonidae, Hymenoptera) on dead leaf of Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)
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Treebeard: Sawfly (Tenthredinidae, "Symphyta", Hymenoptera)
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Treebeard: Assassin Bug (Reduviidae, Hemiptera) - maybe Spiny Assassin Bug (Sinea spinipes)?
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Treebeard: Syrphid Flower Fly (Syrphidae, Diptera) in a flower of native Wild Blackberry (Rubus ursinus, Rosaceae)
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Treebeard: Stilt Bug in the family Berytidae of the Hemiptera
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Treebeard: Tiny flies (Diptera) working female pistillate catkin of Arroyo Willow (Salix lasiolepis)
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Treebeard: Furry little Bee Fly (Bombyliidae, Diptera) - maybe genus Bombylius
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Treebeard: Sonoran Blue (Philotes sonorensis, Lepidoptera) butterfly
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Treebeard: New flowers and leaves of native Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum, Aceraceae)
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Treebeard: Tiny native ants (Formicidae, Hymenoptera) tending aphids
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Treebeard: Male March Fly (Bibionidae, Diptera) on Prickly Pear (Opuntia) cactus - maybe genus Bibio?
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Treebeard: Female March Fly (Bibionidae, Diptera) on Prickly Pear (Opuntia) cactus - maybe genus Bibio?
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Treebeard: Wild Bee (Apoidae, Hymenoptera) on Wild Blackberry (Rubus ursinus, Rosaceae) - maybe family Andrenidae?
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Treebeard: Tachinid Fly (Tachinidae, Diptera) "puddling" on damp ground