coastal tarweed ~ 08/04/10 ~ Fort Ord

coastal tarweed
Deinandra corymbosa ssp. corymbosa (formerly Hemizonia corymbosa)
Asteraceae

posted 08/14/11 - Sometimes these yellow asters drive me nuts trying to identify. There's a bee and a beetle on the flowers shown above. Maybe I'll swing back around and try to identify them at some point. Do you know what they are?

baby blue eyes ~ 03/19/09 ~ Fort Ord

baby blue eyes & unknown wasp
Nemophila menziesii
Boraginaceae (formerly Hydrophyllaceae)

Love the black spots in this baby blue-eyes; I've seen many without any spots whatsoever. Also, I'm fairly sure the insect is a Hymenoptera and not a Diptera due to the antennae. I'm guessing the white hind tibia may be an identifying trait. Does anyone know this wasp? His name is George, but I don't know which family he belongs (Thanks, Gary Larson!).