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Salal thickets extend right to the edge of the seaside bluffs here
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Género AedesObserv.
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Grabbed a quick picture before stopping it, but it already had gotten me.
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Charrasco de Piscina de Marea (Oligocottus maculosus)Observ.
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Found dried up on the beach
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Mojarra Brillosa (Cymatogaster aggregata)Observ.
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Found dead on the beach
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There were multiple of these crammed into a narrow crack of this shallow damp cave that is on the beach.
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Sorry for the horrible photo quality - it was dark in this little cave on the beach and I couldn't really see what I was doing (and had a very hard time getting my built-in flash to illuminate into the crack while also having them in my lens' view). Posting anyways to document this strange behaviour, with many of these beetles crammed side-by-side into this narrow crack of this damp cave.
Species ID may be dubious from the photo, but Scaphinotus angusticollis are the most abundant big beetle on Keats Island and their shiny maroon elytra (more noticeable in person than this photo) are rather distinctive.
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Polilla de Tienda del Oeste (Malacosoma californica)Observ.
elsemikkelsenDescripción
There are also Malacosoma disstria on Keats Island, but I believe the darker colour of this one with the extent of white on the forewing transverse lines makes this M. californicum.
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Ruling out P. honestaria:
-black spot near outer margin of forewing
-jagged tooth-like indent in forewing median band
-faint white ST line on mottled postmedian area of forewing
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Amor del Hortelano (Galium aparine)Observ.
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Leaves with fine teeth pointing backwards and bristle-like points. Forming a sprawling mat.
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Same spot (if not same individual) as this observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/83017887
Somewhat uncommon on Keats Island, a couple plants have been at the same exact spot for years.
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Abeja Melífera Europea (Apis mellifera)Observ.
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Feeding on Rubus vestitus
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Polilla de Tienda del Oeste (Malacosoma californica)Observ.
elsemikkelsenDescripción
There are also Malacosoma disstria on Keats Island, but I believe the darker colour of this one with the extent of white on the forewing transverse lines makes this M. californicum.
