Possibly a Southern Green Stink Bug (Nezara viridula) sitting on a toyon leaf on the left.
Snakefly (Agulla bicolor).
On the lower left is a snakefly (Agulla bicolor) on Hollyleaf Cherry.
Spotted Cucumber Beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) on a wild rose.
Possibly a Downy Leather-winged Beetle (Podabrus pruinosus).
Sitting in the middle of a Rosette Gall is a Four-eyed Sigil Lady Beetle (Hyperaspis quadrioculata,, a little beetle that looks like a reverse-color ladybug.
Four-eyed Sigil Lady Beetle (Hyperaspis quadrioculata).
Meadow Spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius).
Meadow Spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius).
Meadow Spittlebug (Philaenus spumarius).
Three Western Black-legged Ticks (Ixodes pacificus) on a Western Fence Lizard.
A close-up of Western Black-legged Ticks (Ixodes pacificus) on a Western Fence Lizard.
Possibly Cibdelis blaschkei, a type of Darkling Beetle.