June 24, 2025

Parasitoid Surprise - Wasps in a Butterfly Chrysalis

Finding *gobs* of wasps in a Swallowtail Butterfly chrysalis in Southwestern Colorado. ...click to read more!
June 12, 2025

Ambush Bugs - Venomous cryptic predator monsters!

...or, "Watching Ambush Bugs in my Garden" ...click to read more!
June 9, 2025

Desert Shrike!

Looking for tadpoles but finding a Shrike in the deserts of Southeastern Utah. ...click to read more!
February 21, 2025

Blister Beetle Larvae on Native Bees - Triungula!

Seeing Blister Beetle triungula on bees ...click to read more!
February 10, 2025

A Collared Lizard Painting, in the sun

 ...click to read more!
February 7, 2025

Red-femured Milkweed Beetles and Showy Milkweed

Some thoughts and observations while looking at feeding Milkweed Beetles ...click to read more!
January 26, 2025

Travels, Galaxies and Ants

In which I start to work with Tooli acrylic marker pens ...click to read more!
January 24, 2025

Cottonwood Stag Beetles - Lucanus mazama

Watching and photographing Cottonwood Stag Beetles (*Lucanus mazama*) in Southwestern Colorado ...click to read more!
January 13, 2025

Gall on Creosote Bush - Stem-Gall Midge

This strange looking growth on a Creosote Bush is a gall formed by a Stem-Gall Midge, Asphondylia auripila. ...click to read more!
January 13, 2025

Raven Steals the Moon

Looking at a beautiful felted wool raven sculpture, with Mesa Verde in the background. ...click to read more!