Two similar bumble bees were pollinating the Yellow Sand Verbena. They had cream-colored non-fuzzy faces.
Insects were less than 1/32 inch. Eggs maybe 1/128 inch. They appear to have spun a very fine web and my have captured the gnat in the last photo. They were found on Salix alba leaves.
Perhaps Bombus melanopygus (Black-tailed Bumble Bee) nectaring on Kalmia microphylla ssp. occidentalis?
We counted 24 Pyrrharctia isabella (Banded woolly bear caterpillar) of these caterpillars this afternoon walking along the Elwha River road. This one had a very small midsection, different from most. I recently counted 180 of these caterpillars on a 12-mile bike ride.
The last photo shows the ventral eye separation distance as being substantially wider than the antenna base width.
Grid is 1/8 inch.
How to tell T paladosa and T oleracea apart: http://whatcom.wsu.edu/cranefly/printerpages/pf-Cfid.htm
This was the only Dragonfly species that would land for a photo, I think it's the Sympetrum pallipes (Striped Meadowhawk). There were dozens of larger blue dragonflies flying through the air, but never landing. These photos may be from two individuals.
I think this is a Bombus vosnesenskii (Yellow-faced Bumble Bee) nectaring on Yarrow.
A fuzzy, yellow Bumblebee on Abronia latifolia (Yellow Sand-verbena)
This Bumblebee was on Cakile maritima (Sea Rocket).
Amazing colors on this wasp-- Sphex ichneumoneus (Great Golden Digger Wasp)?
My guess is Bombus insularis (Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee)?
A black and golden brown damselfly with huge eyes, not near the lake.
This Bumblebee with fuzzy legs and an orange band on its abdomen sometimes walked from one Yarrow to another, rather than always flying. My guess is Yellow-fronted Bumblebee?