Pea Beetles

I've been saving my pea seeds for several years, and never had a problem with bugs. This year though, I opened my seed packet just to take a look and found each with a round hole.

And a lot of little beetles, curled up inside of a pea or trying to escape from the packet.

Texture in the Coast Range

Devil's Club (Oplopanax horridus) stem with leaf scar.

Some kind of moss. The little orange capsules on the stalks will open to release spores.

More moss, on a log.

Moss, lichen, and roots on a rotting log near water.

Top to bottom, trees at a glance: Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii), a true Fir (Abies sp.), and Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla).