December 8, 2025

Watching Velvet Ants

Watching some fascinating Velvet Ants in Southwestern Colorado 
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November 25, 2025

Pebble Bee (Dianthidium) Part 5 - Visitors!

In which some interesting parasitic wasps visit the Dianthidium nests. 
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November 23, 2025

Pebble Bee (Dianthidium) Part 4 - Sleeping Arrangements

What do the Dianthidium do at night? Where do they sleep? 
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November 18, 2025

Pebble Bee (Dianthidium) Part 3 - Finding More Nests!

Finding more nests nearby! A loose aggregation of nesting Dianthidium? 
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November 11, 2025

Darkling Beetle laying eggs on Harvester Ant Nest

Watching a Darkling Beetle (Philolithus elatus ssp. infernus) laying eggs on a Western Harvester Ant nest in Southwestern Colorado. 
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November 8, 2025

Pebble Bee (Dianthidium) Part 2 - Nest Building Continues

Watching the Pebble Bee expand her stone and resin nest. 
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October 23, 2025

Pebble Bee (Dianthidium) Part 1 - Nest Building

Watching a Pebble Bee building her nest - a stone fortress! 
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September 27, 2025

It's Tarantula Time Again!

Here in Southwestern Colorado, our Tarantulas are on the move again! 
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September 13, 2025

Great Golden Digger Wasps

Watching Great Golden Digger Wasps (Sphex ichneumoneus) in our Southwestern Colorado garden. 
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August 27, 2025

A Thread-waisted Wasp and her Caterpillar prey

Watching a Thread-waisted Sand Wasp and a paralyzed caterpillar in Southwestern Colorado, and being gobsmacked by some recent on Thread-waisted Sand Wasp research. 
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