May 30, 2026

The Perilampid Wasps are back!

Our beautiful and bizarre hyperparasitic wasps are back on the peach tree. What could be finer? 
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May 12, 2026

A Pebble Bee Puppet

A Pebble Bee Puppet and a Song, both by Eco-puppeteer Mobi Warren 
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May 5, 2026

It's Dianthidium Emergence Day!

After seven months, a Dianthidium Pebble Bee emerges from the Ruin Nest! 
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May 5, 2026

What strange creature has burst from of our Pebble Bee Nest?

In which a parasitic Bee Fly emerges from a our lovely Dianthidium Pebble Bee Nest! 
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May 4, 2026

Parasitoid wasps on the Dianthidium Pebble Bee nest!

Monodontomerus parasitoid wasps are trying to break into our Dianthidium nest. What are these wasps? Will they succeed? 
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April 11, 2026

False Blister Beetles

False Blister Beetles in Southwestern Colorado 
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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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