Picture-winged Flies (Stictomyia longicornis) on Prickly Pear Cactus in Arizona
A mystery (finally!) solved - watching Stictomyia Picture-winged Flies on Prickly Pear Cactus
A Good Life
Miscellaneous Wanderings and Maunderings
A Good Life
Miscellaneous Wanderings and Maunderings
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Watching Dodder – A Fascinating Parasitic Plant
Marveling and photographing Dodder, an astonishing parasitic plant, in Southwestern Colorado.
“Cotton Balls” on Fourwinged Saltbush – Galls formed by Cecidomyid Midges
Photographing Midge-induced cotton-ball galls on Fourwinged Saltbush in Southwestern Colorado.
Prickly Pear Cactus Blossoms
I was hiking on one of my favorite trails around Cortez, Colorado this week and came across a strange sight. There were what appeared to be low-growing Rose gardens underneath the Juniper trees. The contrast of the pink, yellow and…
Colorado Claret Cup Cactus – Happy Summer Solstice
I was hiking one of my favorite trails here in Cortez, Colorado a couple of days ago and came across these Colorado Claret Cup Cactus flowers. The morning sun was just catching the brilliant red flowers, making them glow, while…
Dwarf Lousewort (Pedicularis centranthera)
In the Spring of last year (late May of 2022) I was hiking through an old Pinyon-Juniper forest here in Southwestern Colorado. This was at about 6500′ of elevation. I kept seeing an odd ooking plant, usually growing beneath Juniper…
Pink Sundew (Drosera capillaris) at BigThicket National Preserve
As part of our whirlwind tour of Southeastern Texas, Laurie and I visited the Big Thicket National Preserve on March 29, 2022. We were hoping to see carnivorous plants, so we were hiking on the Preserve’s “Pitcher Plant Trail”. When…
Sarracenia purpurea (Purple Pitcher Plant) in New Hampshire
On our recent trip down to the Big Thicket in Texas, Laurie and I saw Sarracenia alata (“Pale Pitcher Plants”). That got me thinking about the Pitcher Plants that I used to see in New Hampshire. Those New Hampshire plants…
Pale Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia alata) at Big Thicket National Preserve
On March 29, 2022, we visited the Big Thicket National Preserve in Southeastern Texas. We were hoping to see some insectivorous plants, and the Preserve’s “Pitcher Plant Trail” sounded like a promising place to start. Within a couple of hundred…
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…