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evidence of my best friend trying to consume me. sorry i didnt have anything better. i just dont know about this. its hard to switch on my creativity, sometimes you feel like it...other times you want to throw the camera on the ground and start beating it with the arm you gnawed off just moments before in a convulsing fit of selfhating anger. anyway
These aren't my best photos today, but they're probably the most interesting for natural history. I found this newly molted green caterpillar of a Pale Swallowtail (Papilio eurymedon) butterfly on a leaf of California Coffeeberry (Frangula californica, Rhamnaceae) in the woods today. As I approached it, I noticed something tiny on its head, and managed to get the photo on the right before it flew away. This is a 1:1 640x800 crop from my 6000x4000 pixel original, so please don't judge it too harshly! After the critter disappeared, I got the photo on the left. I'm not sure what the tiny critter is or what it's doing on the caterpillar. Maybe it's a Biting Midge (Ceratopogonidae) fly, see Ian Jacobs' comment below. (San Marcos Pass, 4 July 2020)
It was so cold today when I sat on my knees in the snow and held on to the tripod so I would get sharp photos.
Not sure what this is, but I know it bit me - twice! The first bite alerted me to its presence and while I went in to get my camera the little devil walked a bit farther down my arm and bit me again!
I had to take it off my arm to photograph it as it was to high up, I put it on the windowsill but it must have landed over a tiny bit of debris as it looks as though it has an extra leg!