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Home / Mojave Preserve and Desert bikepacking trips / 2008: Bikepacking in Henry Coe State Park / Day 8: China Hole, Henry Coe State Park, to home in downtown San José by bicycle, via Coyote Creek Trail /

A few yellowjackets are still buzzing around the ground near my tent, feeding on this "leaf"

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00528-yellowjackets-800px.jpg View down the canyon behind my tent site at China Hole, Henry Coe State ParkThumbnailsI finally get the 10-ton bike packed up and snap one last photo before departing China HoleView down the canyon behind my tent site at China Hole, Henry Coe State ParkThumbnailsI finally get the 10-ton bike packed up and snap one last photo before departing China HoleView down the canyon behind my tent site at China Hole, Henry Coe State ParkThumbnailsI finally get the 10-ton bike packed up and snap one last photo before departing China HoleView down the canyon behind my tent site at China Hole, Henry Coe State ParkThumbnailsI finally get the 10-ton bike packed up and snap one last photo before departing China HoleView down the canyon behind my tent site at China Hole, Henry Coe State ParkThumbnailsI finally get the 10-ton bike packed up and snap one last photo before departing China Hole

It's not until after I take this close-up shot that I realize that this is not a leaf, but a dead cricket of some kind that the yellowjackets are slowly feasting upon. No wonder they're still here!