Tiny fly, not a great photo but very cute! Genus Chlorops, according to Facebook entomology group.
This beetle was backed into a little niche in a boulder, hanging out on the lichen. Hairy click beetle, in Elateridae.
Here’s a closeup — it was pretty hairy.
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a little wild 
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