Watching Velvet Ants
Watching some fascinating Velvet Ants in Southwestern Colorado(Click for the full post!)
Pebble Bee (Dianthidium) Part 5 - Visitors!
In which some interesting parasitic wasps visit the Dianthidium nests.(Click for the full post!)
Pebble Bee (Dianthidium) Part 4 - Sleeping Arrangements
What do the Dianthidium do at night? Where do they sleep?(Click for the full post!)
Pebble Bee (Dianthidium) Part 3 - Finding More Nests!
Finding more nests nearby! A loose aggregation of nesting Dianthidium?(Click for the full post!)
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.(Click for the full post!)
Pebble Bee (Dianthidium) Part 2 - Nest Building Continues
Watching the Pebble Bee expand her stone and resin nest.(Click for the full post!)
Pebble Bee (Dianthidium) Part 1 - Nest Building
Watching a Pebble Bee building her nest - a stone fortress!(Click for the full post!)
It's Tarantula Time Again!
Here in Southwestern Colorado, our Tarantulas are on the move again!(Click for the full post!)
Great Golden Digger Wasps
Watching Great Golden Digger Wasps (Sphex ichneumoneus) in our Southwestern Colorado garden.(Click for the full post!)