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Red gall on stem of clarkia sp.
Additional galls seen same day on other Clarkia sp. individuals:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112625631
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112625861

@hopperdude215 Please tell me you know what this nymph is! On Wyethia, and I'm pretty sure I frightened away an ant that was feeding from its backside when I first saw it.

Looks (to me, the non-expert) like maybe a Three-cornered Alfalfa Treehopper, though none have been seen in this county on iNat... https://www2.ipm.ucanr.edu/highlights/2020/Can_a_pesky_treehopper_be_foiled_because_its_growth_is_regulated_by_temperature/

Second smaller one for @hopperdude215. Slightly larger one on the same plant: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/111707286

Looks (to me, the non-expert) like maybe a Three-cornered Alfalfa Treehopper, though none have been seen in this county on iNat... https://www2.ipm.ucanr.edu/highlights/2020/Can_a_pesky_treehopper_be_foiled_because_its_growth_is_regulated_by_temperature/

Big mahalo to @damontighe for shining his UV light on this beauty. The round things are likely diverticula of the digestive system, being pushed against its exoskeleton by a load of eggs.

Kudos to @nmcnear for finding this explanation on BugGuide.

This Observation is for the WHITE THING :-)

@merav check out this odd white thing next to the black maybe-lacewing-larvae-ish thing! :-)
On underside of Blue Oak leaf, Montebello Road, between Page Mill and Black Mountain summit.