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Humboldt Lily (Lilium humboldtii)
Leafy Daisy (Erigeron foliosus)
Mariposa Lily (Calochortus sp., perhaps C. plummerae?)
Chaparral yucca (Hesperoyucca whipplei)
Cliff Aster (Malacothrix saxatilis)
Heart-leaved Keckiella (Keckiella cordifolia )
Caterpillar Phacelia (Phacelia cicutaria)
A paper wasp (Polistes aurifer) on California Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum))
Sticky Monkeyflower (Mimulus aurantiacus)
Mexican Pink (Silene laciniata subsp. laciniata)
Tarantula Hawk (Pepsis sp.) on Narrow-leafed Milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis)
Tarantula Hawk (Pepsis mildei) on Narrow-leafed Milkweed (Asclepias fascicularis)
Tailed Copper (Lycaena arota)
Tailed Copper (Lycaena arota)
A darkling beetle, Eleodes acuticaudus
A bee fly, Hemipenthes inops.
A bee fly, Conophorus fenestratus
Diadasia bituberculata in Island Morning Glory (Calystegia macrostegia)