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Treebeard: Pollen-dusted Sphinx Moth (Sphingidae) caterpillar at the end of its branch
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Treebeard: Leafhopper (Cicadellidae, Auchenorrhyncha, Hemiptera) insect on the edge of a Coast Live Oak leaf
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Treebeard: Propertius Duskywing (Erynnis propertius) butterfly on Mugwort (Artemisia douglasiana, Asteraceae)
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Treebeard: Sonoran Blue (Philotes sonorensis) butterfly on fallen leaves of Coast Live Oak
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Treebeard: "Butt shot" of a tiny nymph of a Katydid (Tettigoniidae, Ensifera, Orthoptera) on a "Prickly Pear" (Opuntia, Cactaceae)
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Treebeard: Tiny nymph of a Katydid (Tettigoniidae, Ensifera, Orthoptera) on the spine of a "Prickly Pear" (Opuntia, Cactaceae) cactus
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Treebeard: "Just a fly" (Diptera) perched in the woods
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Treebeard: This maybe a Tachinid Fly (Tachinidae, Diptera) because it has a "subscutellum"
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Treebeard: Different little Bee Fly (Bombyliidae, Diptera) on a Wild Blackberry leaf
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Treebeard: Furry little Bee Fly (genus Bombylius, Bombyliidae, Diptera) perched on a new leaf of Wild Blackberry
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Treebeard: Tiny nymph of a Katydid (Tettigoniidae, Ensifera, Orthoptera) on a leaf of native Southern Bush Monkey Flower
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Treebeard: Maybe a tiny Cynipid Gall Wasp (Cynipidae, Hymenoptera) laying its eggs on a leaf bud of Coast Live Oak??
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Treebeard: Two very different tiny Weevil beetles (Curculionidae, Coleoptera)
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Treebeard: Crane Fly (Tipulidae, Diptera) trying to hide in Wild Blackberry (Rubus ursinus, Rosaceae)
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Treebeard: Tiny fly (Diptera) on a new leaf of Wild Blackberry
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Treebeard: Umber Skipper (Poanes melane) - the first Grass-Skipper (Hesperia, Hesperiidae) butterfly I've found this year
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Treebeard: Two different caterpillar-like larvae in the woods today
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Treebeard: Beautiful bug butt shot of the tiny nymph of a Katydid (Tettigoniidae, Ensifera, Orthoptera)
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Treebeard: Looper or Inchworm caterpillar of a Geometrid Moth (Geometridae, Lepidoptera)
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Treebeard: NOT a caterpillar, but the larvae of a Sawfly Wasp ("Symphyta", Hymenoptera)
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Treebeard: Umber Skipper (Poanes melane) butterfly on a new flower of Wild Blackberry (Rubus ursinus, Rosaceae)
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Treebeard: Tiny fly (order (Diptera) perched on a rain-drop-encrusted leaf of Wild Blackberry
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Treebeard: Damselfly (Zygoptera, Odonata) perched on fallen oak leaves munching its tiny prey - maybe a winged aphid?
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Treebeard: Umber Skipper (Poanes melane) butterfly on native Wood Mint (Stachys bullata, Lamiaceae)
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Treebeard: Sonoran Blue (Philotes sonorensis) butterfly on Mugwort (Artemisia douglasiana, Asteraceae)
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Treebeard: Sonoran Blue (Philotes sonorensis) butterfly on a fallen oak leaf
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Treebeard: Crane Fly (Tipulidae, Diptera) hiding under long spines of a "Prickly Pear" (Opuntia, Cactaceae) cactus
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Treebeard: Stilt Bug (Berytidae, Heteroptera, Hemiptera) on Mugwort (Artemisia douglasiana, Asteraceae)
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Treebeard: Mating pair of tiny Broad-nosed Weevils (Entiminae, Curculionidae, Coleoptera) on a new leaf of Wild Blackberry
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Treebeard: Caterpillar of a Variable Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona) butterfly on native Southern Bush Monkey Flower