Watching a Spider Wasp Hunting in Southwestern Colorado
Photos and text from an afternoon spent watching a Pompilid Spider Wasp catching a Spider in Southwestern Colorado.
A Good Life
Miscellaneous Wanderings and Maunderings
A Good Life
Miscellaneous Wanderings and Maunderings
Parasite
Watching Dodder – A Fascinating Parasitic Plant
Marveling and photographing Dodder, an astonishing parasitic plant, in Southwestern Colorado.
Aphid Mummy
Here’s a photo of a a couple of Aphids on a Brittlebush leaf, taken in Tucson, Arizona, in March of 2004. The Aphid in the foreground is smaller, darker, and you can see that there’s a shed skin on the…
Leeches on Colorado Tiger Salamanders
I made another visit to my Tiger Salamander Tank on the San Juan National Forest, in Southwestern Colorado. I’ve seen Leeches on the Tiger Salamander larvae on some of my previous visits and I wanted to see if I could…
Rabbitbrush Gall – Cotton-gall Tephritid
Rubber Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) is one of the common native shrubs in the high desert of the Four Corners area. And it’s really common to see little fuzzy white balls attached to the Rabbitbrush stems. I was curious about these…
Horsehair Worms
A bunch of times over the years I’ve seen long worms in puddles and temporary pools. The worms will be white or brown, and ranging in size from six inches or so up to around ten inches. The worms moved…
Fire Ants and The Horrid Phorid Fly
On an overcast afternoon in mid-August, 2005, I was walking through the Sonoran Desert just outside of Tucson. I came across a group of golden-colored ants fighting. The ants were small, no more than a few millimeters long. They were…
Pheidole rhea and Fly
In late March, 2005, I was sitting and watching a Pheidole rhea nest just outside of Tucson, Arizona. The worker ants were removing a large, dead supermajor.
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.…