At first I thought "what a weird ootheca"
but no, not a mantis egg case but silkworm cocoon.
Ceanothus silk moth, Hyalophora euryalus.
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Plants and occasionally some art
Since plants don't have flight all they are left with is fight.
Fight in this case might be flipping the bird at a rodent that had chewed apart the walnut that you're sprouting from (very rude), and trying a hand at growing fresh roots when the opportunity presents itself.
I've heard some people say that invasive species aren't all too bad if the local wildlife learn how to use it.
Even though I've seen pollinators visit it I'm not fully convinced about star thistles though. Something that crowds everything out this much can't be kind to the local ecosystem when other human influences are already straining it.
I've been aggressively guarding a figwort patch from deer after they demolished it last year. A few weeks back, I noticed tiny green caterpillars on them. All except one disappeared, and that one disappeared too.
I think I might have found it again - as a teeny (less than 1cm) pupa with clearly adult bug eyes. Maybe it's getting close to eclosing?
When a meeting runs half an hour over with no signs of stopping so you see if you can get inat to correctly identify your drawings
(yes I'm reusing various shipment slips and whatnot to doodle on)
from the last few weeks (clockwise from upper left):
- A short-styled thistle flower close to opening
- A california timema, a short little stick insect!
- One fo the many wild ginger flowers that were blooming that day
- Flowers on a fremont's deathcamas