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Treebeard: Honeybee (Apis mellifera, Hymenoptera) in Chaparral Mallow (Malacothamnus fasciculatus, Malvaceae)
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Treebeard: "Butt shot" of a Honeybee (Apis mellifera, Hymenoptera) in Chaparral Mallow (Malacothamnus fasciculatus, Malvaceae)
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Treebeard: "Butt shot" of a bristly Fly (Diptera) - maybe a Tachinid Fly (Tachinidae) - in the mint patch
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Treebeard: "Butt shot" of an Assassin Bug (Reduviidae, Heteroptera, Hemiptera
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Treebeard: Planthopper (Fulgoroidea, Auchenorrhyncha, Hemiptera) - maybe genus Neaethus, Issidae?
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Treebeard: Large and bristly Tachinid Fly (Tachinidae, Diptera) on a garden path
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Treebeard: A little fly (Diptera) sucking black goo on a leaf of Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii, Scrophulariaceae)
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Treebeard: Behr's Metalmark (Apodemia virgulti) butterfly on Goldenbush (Isocoma, Asteraceae)
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Treebeard: A male Northern White-Skipper (Heliopetes ericetorum) butterfly on Goldenbush (Isocoma, Asteraceae)
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Treebeard: Dark female Northern White-Skipper (Heliopetes ericetorum) butterfly on Goldenbush (Isocoma, Asteraceae)
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Treebeard: Fatal Metalmark (Calephelis nemesis californica) butterfly on Goldenbush (Isocoma, Asteraceae)
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Treebeard: Tree Cricket (Oecanthus, Gryllidae, Orthoptera) curled up for the day
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Treebeard: Yellow Jacket wasp (Vespula, Hymenoptera) on a flower of Coyote Bush (Baccharis pilularis, Asteraceae)
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Treebeard: Handsome little Fly (Diptera) - maybe a bristly Tachinid Fly (family Tachinidae)?
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Treebeard: Tree Cricket (Oecanthus, Gryllidae, Orthoptera) adding its song to the evening cricket jam!
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Treebeard: Pupal husk and adult of a Twice-stabbed Lady Beetle (Chilocorus, Coccinellidae, Coleoptera)
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Treebeard: Crab Spider (Thomisidae) with Behr's Metalmark (Apodemia virgulti)
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Treebeard: Crab Spider (Thomisidae) has this Woodland Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanoides, Hesperia, Hesperiidae) butterfly
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Treebeard: Plume Moth (Pterophoridae, Lepidoptera) on Goldenbush (Isocoma, Asteraceae) by the river
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Treebeard: Northern White-Skipper (Heliopetes ericetorum) butterfly on Douglas' Groundsel (Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii, Asteraceae)
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Treebeard: Late-season Acmon Blue (Plebejus acmon) butterfly
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Treebeard: Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) butterfly on Douglas' Groundsel (Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii, Asteraceae)
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Treebeard: American Lady (Vanessa virginensis) butterfly on Douglas' Groundsel (Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii, Asteraceae)
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Treebeard: Two pretty ladies - Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) and American Lady (Vanessa virginensis) butterflies
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Treebeard: Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) butterfly on Douglas' Groundsel (Senecio flaccidus var. douglasii, Asteraceae)
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Treebeard: Mating pair of Acmon Blue (Plebejus acmon) butterflies on California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum, Polygonaceae)
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Treebeard: Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) butterflies, with wings closed and open
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Treebeard: Clutch of tiny insect eggs on a grass stem in the woods
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Treebeard: Wild Bee (Anthophila, Hymenoptera) on first flowers of Chaparral Currant (Ribes malvaceum, Grossulariaceae)
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Treebeard: Milkweed Aphids (Aphis nerii) and a predator on Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa, Asclepiadaceae)