No one really knows what the Anomalon californicum, a wasp, does at Abbotts Lagoon. Perhaps it parasitizes beetle larvae under ground, as its closest relatives do. Entomologist Paul da Silva just knows the Anomalon frequents a spine flower that usually goes unnoticed until someone sits on it.
The College of Marin professor, who has spent 13 years making an inventory of insects living at the lagoon, does know that the Lithariapteryx abroniaella, a…