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Tiny wasp beat from Ephydra and collected with permit for CAS.

Santa Barbara County, California

Arroyo Hondo Preserve

Found inside dead trunk of a giant coreopsis in sandy coastal back dune habitat.
Santa Barbara County, California

On outhouse eaves, tentative ID, collected with permit for CAS.

There were two of these under a pile of wood. This one was larger and the other was smaller. Probably its child.

Growing next to coast live oak

In the Box Springs Mountains Reserve

Ammophila in flight with caterpillar. I could actually hear the plop as it hit the ground heavily each time to rest. It never flew more than about 25 cm above the surface.

On scrub oak galls

Kelbaker Road, San Bernardino County, California

Under rock.

Swept from vegetation, about 4 mm, genus confirmed by v belov - posted to BG here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/1358338

Mitchell caverns, providence mountains SRA. Endemic?

Cedar Canyon Road, Mid Hills area, San Bernardino County, California

Granite Mountains, San Bernardino County, California

Found under a rock.

Whelk eggs of some sort? Possibly kellets whelk because there were those whelks in that tank at one point (I think)

Cuesta Ridge, San Luis Obispo County, California

Montaña de Oro State Park, San Luis Obispo County, California

Oso Flaco Robber Fly (Ablautus schlingeri) - Male with fly prey

Found in tide pools

the fly was on a window, trying to get outside. In the last two photos it got some cobwebs on its wings, which is why they are bent toward each other. It freed itself from the cobwebs.

Solifugid from Santa Barbara County, California