Anillodes are cute little blind carabids that are seemingly widespread, yet poorly sampled across California. Despite having walked miles through this canyon these were all found in a few square meters, where a talus slide transitioned to gravel held together by grass roots.

A friend to hawk moths, Hymenocallis sonorensis.
A friend to mealybugs too thanks Crematogaster

twitter was a nightmare let’s give this a shot!
Pratherodesmus sp. from a desert range along the Colorado river