Nature ID

diffuse spineflower Chorizanthe diffusa ( common, sand or gravel ) Polygonaceae These short and spreading white flowers tickled ...

northern Pacific rattlesnake Crotalus oreganus oreganus (ssp. of western rattlesnake) Rattlesnake or rattle snake?  Ugh.  In any ...

large marble Euchloe ausonides ( Shapiro and Tenney ) Did I choose the butterflies, or did they choose me?  I guess it helps wh...

 fish p0rn female grunion dug in sand and laying eggs while male releases cloudy milt around her head Leuresthes tenuis ( CDFW )...