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3 2 Spotting

Spotting

by misakoAntioch, California, USA

Small beetle approximately 1cm on a poison oak leaf along hiking trail in

1 0 Mt. Diablo fairy lantern

Mt. Diablo fairy lantern

by misako.hillConcord, California, USA

Spotted this lovely Mt. Diablo fairy ...

2 1 California Ground Squirrel

California Ground Squirrel

by JellisConcord, Mount Diablo State Park, USA

Rock Wren on the rocks

0 0 Mushroom

Mushroom

by misako.hillConcord, California, USA

Brown mushroom growing in grass along the hiking trail in

0 0 Mushroom

Mushroom

by misako.hillCalifornia, USA

the hiking trail in Mount

1 1 Soft-Bodied Plant Beetle

Soft-Bodied Plant Beetle

by misakoAntioch, California, USA

Diablo

1 1 Macaria adonis moth

Macaria adonis moth

by misakoAntioch, California, USA

Diablo

0 0 Leanira's Checkerspot

Leanira's Checkerspot

by Liam3Concord, California, USA

Mount

1 0 Black Mushroom

Black Mushroom

by misako.hillConcord, USA

Spotted this small black mushroom along the hiking trail. It was about 3 ...

0 0 Spotting

Spotting

by misako.hillConcord, USA

This insect was spotted on a blade of grass and was very thin and less than 1 ...

0 6 Flower Crab Spider on Blue Witch Blossom

Flower Crab Spider on Blue Witch Blossom

by misako.hillConcord, USA

Flower crab spiders are crab spiders of the genus Misumena with holarctic ...

1 0 Convergent Ladybug

Convergent Ladybug

by misako.hillConcord, California, USA

Ladybug resting on a Golden Bush blossom (Ericameria linearifolia) with aphids ...

11 7 Congregation of Ladybugs

Congregation of Ladybugs

by HemaLong Beach, California, USA

Swarms of colorful ladybugs are a common sight on

1 0 Rock Wren

Rock Wren

by JellisConcord, Mount Diablo State Park, USA

Hot day and it preferred the shade of a Trail marker then to worry about me 15 ...

0 1 Small Carpenter Bee feeding on Goldenbush Flower

Small Carpenter Bee feeding on Goldenbush Flower

by misako.hillConcord, California, USA

This tiny bee was feeding in a Goldenbush Flower. It was less than 1 cm long. ...

0 0 Leaf Hopper

Leaf Hopper

by misakoAntioch, California, USA

Leafhopper is a common name applied to any species from the family ...

1 2 Flower Crab Spider

Flower Crab Spider

by misakoAntioch, California, USA

Flower crab spider hunting on goldenbush blossom (Ericameria linearifolia) in ...

1 0 California Ladybug

California Ladybug

by misakoAntioch, California, USA

California ladybug feeding on goldenbush blossom (Ericameria linearifolia) in ...

2 0 Spring Azure Butterfly

Spring Azure Butterfly

by misako.hillConcord, USA

America from Alaska and Canada south of the tundra through most of the United ...

4 8 California Ground Squirrel

California Ground Squirrel

by misako.hillConcord, USA

squirrel of the western United States and ...

9 12 Anthophorine Bee on Blue Dicks Blossom

Anthophorine Bee on Blue Dicks Blossom

by misako.hillConcord, USA

This Anthophorine Bee nestled itself in between the Blue Dicks blossoms--not ...

6 5 Fairy Longhorn Moth (male)

Fairy Longhorn Moth (male)

by misakoCalifornia, USA

spotting of a female in a different part of the

0 0 Flower Crab Spider with Fly

Flower Crab Spider with Fly

by misakoAntioch, California, USA

I spotted the fly first and wondered what a dead fly was doing on top of a ...

2 4 Metallic Wood-Boring Beetle

Metallic Wood-Boring Beetle

by misakoAntioch, California, USA

Small Metallic Wood-boring Beetle (approx 1 cm long) feeding on a yarrow ...

5 4 Crab spider

Crab spider

by Hema ShahConcord, California, USA

This small crab spider was perfectly camouflaged in the yellow flower of the ...

9 18 Bay Area Blond Tarantula Male (video)

Bay Area Blond Tarantula Male (video)

by misako.hillConcord, California, USA

I went to Mt. Diablo hoping to spot a ...

2 6 Sawflies

Sawflies

by misako.hillConcord, USA

Sawfly is the common name for insects belonging to suborder Symphyta of the ...

3 6 Pacific Coast Tick (male)

Pacific Coast Tick (male)

by misako.hillConcord, USA

Male Pacific Coast Tick on a Woolly Sunflower blossom. This species is known ...

2 2 Tachinid Fly

Tachinid Fly

by misako.hillConcord, USA

This Tachinid Fly (Peleteria sp) had a large round abdomen. I thought it was a ...

3 6 Variable Checkerspot Caterpillars

Variable Checkerspot Caterpillars

by misako.hillConcord, USA

The Variable Checkerspot or Chalcedon Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona) is a ...

0 5 Leanira Checkerspot Caterpillars

Leanira Checkerspot Caterpillars

by misako.hillConcord, USA

The Leanira Checkerspot (Chlosyne leanira) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae ...

0 0 Tachinid Fly

Tachinid Fly

by misako.hillConcord, USA

This is another Tachinid Fly I saw in Mount ...

2 0 Ichneumon Wasp

Ichneumon Wasp

by misako.hillAntioch, California, USA

Ichneumonidae is a family within the insect order Hymenoptera. Insects in this ...

3 4 San Francisco Woodland Star

San Francisco Woodland Star

by misako.hillConcord, USA

Lithophragma affine is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family ...

6 5 Fairy Longhorn Moth (female)

Fairy Longhorn Moth (female)

by misako.hillConcord, California, USA

Tiny female Fairy Longhorn Moth with brown head, black-blue wings, and white ...

2 0 Hover Fly

Hover Fly

by misako.hillConcord, USA

Hover fly on a Blue Dicks blossom.

2 0 Variable Checkerspot Butterfly

Variable Checkerspot Butterfly

by misakoAntioch, California, USA

The Variable Checkerspot or Chalcedon Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona) is a ...

5 9 Mount Diablo Tarantula

Mount Diablo Tarantula

by JemmaWalnut Creek, California, USA

. Tarantulas in Mount

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