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Growing on a weevil, on the underside of a leaf.

Point Loma 60fsw

Either C. kessleri or C. eschrichtii. Found in the genital area of Eschrichtius robustus

First and only time catching one coughing out a pellet!

On garlic chives.

from decaying hemlock, transitioning to soil

Foothills Park, Wild Horse Valley to Shotgun Road

no host plants close by. Really not sure this is Kopsiopsis, but its the only parasitic plant of this girth that I can think of

being consumed by Western Spadefoot tadpoles: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/152743949

Last photo with C. clevelandii.

Paratype CASIZ 204850,

Goniobranchus sp. 26 in NSSI2

under stones, upper stream beds, oak woodlands

? Buckwheat
Mount Hamilton, CA

First Adela I've seen in the city. Dr. Jerry Powell looked at it and called it: " Female backs down into the inflorescence of Linanthus androsaceus to oviposit." This might be a county record.

3mm long

Rain Beetle attempting to fly

Half way down a rattlesnake

Diaphoreolis lagunae with eggs was located on reef at a depth of 45 feet. Length was 1 cm. Water temperature was 52 degrees F.

Eating what looks like a fish? Spotted by @danielled83.