Miscellaneous Wanderings and Maunderings
Miscellaneous Wanderings and Maunderings
A few days ago, my wife and I went for a short walk through the Sagebrush desert of Southwestern Colorado. She was riding Leo, her BLM Mustang. I was walking with our faithful hound Jack on a leash. The weeds…
The penstemons next to our house here in Southwestern Colorado have been blooming for the last couple of weeks, and they are attracting loads of pollinators. I’ve been spending a lot of time photographing the different types of wasps and…
Laurie and I were watching television and eating dinner last night when our dog, Jack, came into the living room. He stared at me, then stared out the window, then stared back at me. He seemed to be saying “Hey.…
Yesterday (April 25, 2024), I was slowly walking in the sage brush desert of Southwestern Colorado. This was at about 7000 feet of elevation. I was waiting for my companions to get their horses ready, and was looking to see…
Here are photos of a gorgeous Iron Cross Blister Beetle (Tegrodera aloga) that I saw one afternoon in Tucson. This was in early May of 2005, on the Cactus Forest Loop of Saguaro National Park East, at perhaps 3000′ elevation.…
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…
I’ve been fascinated by galls lately. Most of the galls I’ve looked at have been induced by insects. This one, though, is caused by a Rust fungus. I’m thinking that it’s one of the Gymnosporangium genus, probably Cedar-Apple Rust, Gymnosporangium…
In September of 2005, I was out hiking in Arizona’s Santa Rita Mountains. It was the first time I’d been there, and it was wondrous. Everywhere I looked, I saw some miraculous creature that I’d read about, but had not…