The Checkered Periwinkle, Littorina scutulata, Pacific Grove, CA
The Sea Anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima, Pacific Grove, CA.
The Sea Anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima, Pacific Grove, CA.
The Aggregating Anemone, Anthopleura elegantissima, Pacific Grove, CA
The Acorn Barnacle, Balanus glandula, Pacific Grove, CA
The Anemone, Anthopleura xanthogrammica, Pacific Grove, CA
Anthopleura xanthogrammica, sea anemone.
Anthopleura elegantisimma, anemones, & barnacles, Tetraclita rubescens.
Anthopleura elegantisimma, anemones, & barnacles, Tetraclita rubescens, & Pollicipes polymerus.
Anthopleura xanthogrammica, anemones, among barnacles.
Common tidepool, Partington Cove, Big Sur coast.
The Plumose Anemone, Metridium senile, brown morph Monterey Bay
The Plumose Anemone, Metridium senile, Monterey Bay
The Plumose Anemone, Metridium senile, Monterey Bay
The Plumose Anemone, Metridium senile, Monterey Bay
The Bat Star, Asterina miniata, Boat Works Cove, Monterey Bay
The Bat Star, Asterina miniata, Boat Works Cove, Monterey Bay
The Orchre Sea Star, Pisaster ochraceus, and anemones, Anthopleura elegantissima.
The Ochre Sea Star, Pisaster ochraceus, Coast Guard Beakwater, Monterey Bay, CA.
Monterey marina sea wall, A. xanthogrammica anemones, and Pisaster ochraceus sea stars, Corynactis anemones, et al.
Typical marine life on a wharf piling, Wharf #2, Monterey Harbor.
Typical marine life on a wharf piling, Wharf #2, Monterey Harbor.
Typical marine life on a wharf piling, Wharf #2, Monterey Harbor.
The Pacific Sea Nettle, Chrysaora fuscescens, Monterey Bay.
The Egg-yolk jellyfish, Phacellophora camtschatica, Monterey Bay.
The Hermit Crab, Pagurus samuelis, Pacific Grove, CA
The Hermit Crab, Pagurus granosimanus, Pacific Grove, CA
The Rock Crab carapace, dropped by a sea gull.
The Lined Shore Crab, Pachygrapsus crassipes, eating green algae, Monterey Bay.
The Lined Shore Crab, Pachygrapsus crassipes, eating green algae, Monterey Bay.
The invasive European Silver-Sided Sector Spider, Zygiella x-notata, Coast Guard Breakwater, Monterey, CA.
The invasive European Silver-Sided Sector Spider, Zygiella x-notata, Coast Guard Breakwater, Monterey, CA.
A Silver-Sided Sector Spider, Zygiella x-notata, spinning its web, Coast Guard Breakwater, Monterey, CA.
The invasive European Silver-Sided Sector Spider, Zygiella x-notata, Coast Guard Breakwater, Monterey, CA.
The Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus, Pacific Grove, CA
The Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus, Pacific Grove, CA
The Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus, Pacific Grove, CA
The Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus, Pacific Grove, CA
The Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus, Pacific Grove, CA
The Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus, Pacific Grove, CA
The Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus, in the Pacific Grove Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary.
Ichneumon Wasp, Monterey, CA.
Ichneumon Wasp, Monterey, CA.
Unknown fly on Hemlock flowers. Drop me a line if you know the name of the fly.
The Darkling or Stink Beetle, Eleodes acuticauda, Pacific Grove, CA
The Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio [Pterourus] multicaudata, on Morning Glory, in poison oak, near the Carmel River lagoon, CA.
The Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio [Pterourus] multicaudata,on Morning Glory, near the Carmel River lagoon, CA.
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