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bug on the beach. not sure what business it had there, but it didn't seem to be having a good time. it was mercilessly buffeted around by today's high winds.

fragment of a dead beetle found under a hardwood log. it's giving staphylinid vibes to me. quite small - maybe 3mm or so (very rough estimate)

Under hardwood log. It looks just like Xylobolus frustulatus, but it’s got this mealy, powdery, bluish-green structures on it. Two different organisms? Not sure

On rotting hardwood log

Pale bluish-green fibrous mass with a fuzzy texture. On rotting hardwood log. Probably about 10mm or a little longer along the longest axis

Are they ….. u know ….. making love?? O/////O

Under rotting hardwood log

On Brandegea bigelovii

On Atriplex

crawlin on some Auricularia on the underside of a rotting log

link to the obs for the Atriplex it was mining on: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129353284

host plant https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129613911

host plant some Symphyotrichum spp. link to host plant obs: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129491347