Feb 7
Thank you, @puk128 , for what may be my first official Snapshot Ask! Apologies for the screenshot here, courtesy of my email. While industriously jettisoning spam earlier, I accidentally (and temporarily) blocked you. Onward to the (interesting) bugs and (forgotten) flowers!
First off, these oak gall wasp eggs on a Valley Oak leaf.
Second, an easily overlooked, but not actually easily forgotten, springtime flower. Here is a snapshot through a car window, where you can see that it's easy to miss.
And here's the beauty up close. Hartweg's iris, aka Rainbow iris or Sierra iris, endemic to California.
Thanks again! I'm smiling as I type.
