Insects

Blue Dasher Dragonfly (I think) - 7/19/2021 - Sabre Springs, Penasquitos Creek

Blu Dasher Dragonfly (I think) - 7/19/2021 - Sabre Springs, Penasquitos Creek

Vivid Dancer Damselfly- - 7/19/2021 - Sabre Springs, Penasquitos Creek

Female Blue Dasher Dragonfly - 7/16/2021 - Penasquitos Creek, Sabre Springs

Female Blue Dasher Dragonfly - 7/16/2021 - Penasquitos Creek, Sabre Springs

Female Blue Dasher Dragonfly - 7/16/2021 - Penasquitos Creek, Sabre Springs

Female Blue Dasher Dragonfly - 7/16/2021 - Penasquitos Creek, Sabre Springs

Neon Skimmer Dragonfly - 7/16/2021 - Penasquitos Creek, Sabre Springs

Blue Dasher Dragonfly - 7/16/2021 - Penasquitos Creek, Sabre Springs

Vivid Dancer Damselfly - 6/4/2021 - Penasquitos Creek Trail, Sabre Springs

Grasshopper - 4/15/2019 - Agua Caliente County Park Marsh Trail

Inflated Beetle - 4/14/2019 - Agua Caliente County Park near Nature Trail

Ornate Checkered Beetle - 4/14/2019 - Agua Caliente County Park Marsh Trail

Harvestman (Eurybunus Genus) - 4/13/2019 - Agua Caliente County Park Marsh Trail

Harvestman (Eurybunus Genus) - 4/13/2019 - Agua Caliente County Park Marsh Trail

Harvestman (Eurybunus Genus) - 4/13/2019 - Agua Caliente County Park Marsh Trail

Inflated Beetle - 4/13/2019 - Agua Caliente County Park near Nature Trail

Harvestman (Eurybunus Genus) - 4/13/2019 - Agua Caliente County Park Marsh Trail

After reading about these interesting creatures I learned that they are arachnids, but not spiders. They do not spin webbing, and they do not have fangs. They were crawling on the large rock faces along the Marsh Trail.

Argiope argentata Spider

Taken at Tijuana River Valley Estuary

Horned Worm - 5/17/08 - Front yard, Sabre Springs

Katydid in our backyard.

This was the only time I've seen one of these around here