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I think the butterfly is probably oblivious to the spider but not the other way around. At least I was until I uploaded this photo.

courting and preening each other

This lovely little Jumping Spider captivated my wife and me by appearing in our office. I couldn't resist taking some photos!

young coyote that I surprised

This owl jumped out of the understory with a shrewmole in its talons.

Less than 1in head to tail

Baby 7-8 inches in length..

Adult and three juveniles. Adult with two juveniles and then a third juvenile followed behind them. First time I've seen a family of bobcat!

On bristly ox tongue

Hopped onto an orange garden hand tool laid on the ground. Has third leg ornamentation of an orangish round spot with a black dot in the middle.

3 or 4 adult males in about 1 square meter. Sand dune habitat dominated by Ericameria ericoides with Baccharis pilularis.

Species endemic to California

Common name: Sargent Cypress

Phoradendron densum is the golden-green mistletoe growing on the trees.

Photographed on the west side of Mt. Tamalpais

Serpentine soils.

The conifers weren't pines and had scaly leaves, like a juniper. They were large, and had wide canopies within the Closed-Cone Pine Woodland.