Not completely in focus due to DOF issues but I'm posting to see if I can get an ID on this caterpillar.
Found in Santa Ynez Canyon
Metapan
Thanks chloe_and_trevor!
Hermes copper
at least 3
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habitat tall CSS, Artemisia-dominated.
Malosma laurina blooming vigorously
Mimulus aurantiacus
Lotus scoparius
Rhamnus crocea
Bromus diandrus
Eriogonum fasciculatum blooming vigorously
CSS shrubs are big, with Artemisia about 1.5 m tall. CSS not thick, easy to walk between shrubs