Treebeard:
Odd little nest - like a white blister pack - on fallen leaf of Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae)
Treebeard:
Beetle grub (Coleoptera) with frass on different Scrub Oak - Quercus wislizenii var. frutescens, Fagaceae
Treebeard:
Little insect or spider egg cases on a columnar cactus (Cactaceae) - bicycle tire patches
Treebeard:
Parasitized pupal case on three-veined leaf of Hairy Ceanothus (Ceanothus oliganthus, Rhamnaceae)
Treebeard:
Trail of some leaf-miner insect on a leaf of native Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae)
Treebeard:
"Rolled leaf" on native Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia, Fagaceae) - gall or leaf roller?
Treebeard:
Beetle larvae - maybe Trirhabda flavolimbata, Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera - on Trask's Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon traskiae, Hydrophyllaceae or Boraginaceae)
Treebeard:
Green beetle larva (Trirhabda flavolimbata, Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera) on Trask's Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon traskiae, Hydrophyllaceae or Boraginaceae)
Treebeard:
Spittlebugs on Trask's Yerba Santa (Eriodictyon traskiae, Hydrophyllaceae or Boraginaceae)
Treebeard:
Aphids and their predators - Convergent Lady Beetles (Hippodamia convergens, Coccinellidae, Coleoptera)
Treebeard:
Mealybug Destroyer (Cryptolaemus montrouzieri, Coleoptera) on Greenbark Ceanothus (Ceanothus spinosus, Rhamnaceae)
Treebeard:
Milkweed Aphids (Aphis nerii) and a predator on Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa, Asclepiadaceae)
Treebeard:
Tiny insect eggs on a flower bud of native Bigberry Manzanita (Arctostaphylos glauca, Ericaceae)
Treebeard:
Pupa of a Window Fly aka Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens, Stratiomyidae, Diptera) in compost
Treebeard:
Fly maggots on a Honey Mushroom (Armillariella mellea) - maybe Drosophilid Flies (Drosophilidae, Diptera)
Treebeard:
Fly maggots on Honey Mushrooms (Armillariella mellea) - maybe Drosophilid Flies (Drosophilidae, Diptera)