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A lucky spot.

A quick snap of a wildflower in the San Gabriel Mtns -- I'd just gotten my old camera & was trying it out. This species was common there, but I'd never been able to identify it until now. Turns out it's because it's got a very restricted range, endemic to Southern California and found mainly in the Transverse Ranges. Not a great photo, but figured it was worth posting given that there isn't a single other tagged example on Flickr. Geotag is approx; just have it recorded as "Chantry Flat", imagine it was somewhere along the trail to the waterfall

I posted this shot in B&W earlier -- and have been regretting it ever since. I think it was a case of following my head instead of my heart. But my head is often right. So I will let you be the judge: which do you like better?

Can anyone confirm the ID? Found these handsome little guys under bark of a dead Japanese Maple limb in winter. Assuming I've got the ID right, only the 5th record of this sp. on BugGuide, & the only one north of Virginia. 4.7 mm.

An entire new insect order for my collection. Under bark of a dead Japanese Maple branch. The red are immature stages, the black adult.