Watching Hunt’s Bumble Bee (Bombus huntii) on Caragana in the Springtime
Watching Hunt's Bumble Bees on Caragana blossoms in the Southwestern Colorado Springtime.
A Good Life
Miscellaneous Wanderings and Maunderings
A Good Life
Miscellaneous Wanderings and Maunderings
Bees
Oil Beetle – Meloe sp. (Blister Beetle)
In the middle of September, 2023, I was hiking along a meadow trail bordering a mixed conifer woodland at about 10,400′ in the San Juan Mountains of Southwestern Colorado. I saw a strange-looking insect that was slowly climbing up the…
Small Native Bee on Rocky Mountain Bee Plant – Hylaeus, a “Cellophane” Bee
The most common bee on the Rocky Mountain Bee Plant was an insect that I initially didn’t think was a bee at all. I thought it was a wasp. This is a ‘Cellophane Bee’ – a species inThe genus Hylaeus.
Ripiphorus Beetle
In April of 2005, I was hiking through the Sonoran Desert just outside of Tucson. I stopped to look at some Desert Marigolds that were just starting to open. There was a black and yellow insect flying around the flowers.…