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Californian Woolly Oak Aphid (Stegophylla essigi)Observer
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on interior/coast live oak
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Bees (Epifamily Anthophila)Observer
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Slowly climbing out of baby blue eyes
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Subfamily EmpidinaeObserver
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Small, on some sort of Sanicula
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Sunflower Seed Maggot (Neotephritis finalis)Observer
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A bunch of these on early-blooming mule's ears (Wyethia)
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Mining Bees (Genus Andrena)Observer
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on California buttercup
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Coyote Brush Bud Gall Midge (Rhopalomyia californica)Observer
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on coyote brush
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Western Calligrapher (Toxomerus occidentalis)Observer
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on California buttercup
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Common Snakeflies (Genus Agulla)Observer
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Hanging out on California buttercup
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Californian Woolly Oak Aphid (Stegophylla essigi)Observer
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A lot of these red folds on the new, tender leaves of coast/interior live oak
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Sausage Flower Gall Wasp (Callirhytis congregata)Observer
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On coast/interior live oak
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Subfamily AphidinaeObserver
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Quite a few of these scattered around several Blue Oaks
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Fimbriate Gall Wasp (Andricus opertus)Observer
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Quite small. On Blue Oak.
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Striped Volcano Gall Wasp (Feron atrimentum)Observer
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On Blue Oak
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Plate Gall Wasp (Feron pattersonae)Observer
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This is for the long, slender galls, there's a separate observation for the light, round one
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Striped Volcano Gall Wasp (Feron atrimentum)Observer
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On blue oak
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Bermuda Buttercup (Oxalis pes-caprae)Observer
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ugh! do they even invade serpentine?!