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Western rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis, Lake County, CA.

Chenopodium sp. (nitens?), White Mountains, CA

Heliothis sp. (virescens or phloxiphaga) on Aquilegia eximia, Lake County, CA

Chenopodium vulvaria, Davis, CA

Entrapped bee on Aquilegia eximia, Lake County, CA

A stilt bug (Hoplinus) on Aquilegia eximia

a katydid, Wrentham, MA

A white morel (Morchella esculenta). Not telling where! :)

Funny growths (fungal galls?) on greasewood (Sarcobatus vermiculatus), Mono, CA

Trichostema laxum, pink morph, Napa County, CA

Crotalus viridis and Lepus californicus.

Crotalus viridis and Lepus californicus.

Red-necked Phalarope, Lake County, CA

shoveler, Yolo County, CA

Sora, Lake County, CA

Heliothis phloxiphaga on Trichostema laxum, Lake County, CA

Tupiocoris californicus nymph, Lake County, CA

Mimellonid shelter on Bahama stopper (wild guava), Great Abaco Island, Bahamas.

Barnacle scale insects on Avicennia, Great Abaco Island, Bahamas

an earlier-instar Mimellonid shelter on Bahama stopper.

An almost certainly undescribed species of miner on Bahama stopper.

spiny lobster, Bahamas.

Yours truly with some large California chantarelles (Cantharellus californicus)

The field workhorse - 1989 Toyota 4runner 22re, 22-24 mpg, goes anywhere!

American Bittern, Yolo County, CA

Science!

Petunia exserta. Note entrapped insects (grown in lab!).

A greenhouse full o' Trichostema

Trichostema laxum

Mimulus congdonii, Yolo County, CA

Sphingid on cranberry viburnum, Massachusetts

All pictures copyright Eric Lopresti, 2014. Use for non-commercial (educational/scientific) purposes permitted but contact me.