on wild buckwheat (Eriogonum)
I'm not 100% sure this is H. convergens, but that matches well with what I'm seeing shared locally by @watercolorist. Pronotum shape is wrong for Cocinella. Found on a Chinese juniper in my bonsai collection.
on snow buckwheat
Very small. On Cusick's sunflower.
on snow buckwheat
She was hunting in and around the garden's shed.
On common yarrow (Achillea millefolium).
growing on north side of shed; to be removed
on purple sage (Salvia dorrii)