Archives
- 20 Feb Blister Beetle Larvae on Native Bees - Triungula!
- 09 Feb A Collared Lizard Painting, in the sun
- 07 Feb Red-femured Milkweed Beetles and Showy Milkweed
- 25 Jan Travels, Galaxies and Ants
- 23 Jan Cottonwood Stag Beetles - Lucanus mazama
- 12 Jan Gall on Creosote Bush - Stem-Gall Midge
- 12 Jan Raven Steals the Moon
- 28 Dec A Delightful Visit from a Cooper's Hawk
- 21 Dec Watching Green Soldier Flies in the Garden
- 21 Dec Happy Winter Solstice 2024!
- 24 Nov Watching Hunt's Bumble Bee (Bombus huntii) on Caragana in the Springtime
- 20 Nov Watching Carrot Wasps in the Garden
- 17 Nov Watching a Spider Wasp Hunting in Southwestern Colorado
- 01 Nov Picture-winged Flies (Stictomyia longicornis) on Prickly Pear Cactus in Arizona
- 22 Oct Watching Dodder - A Fascinating Parasitic Plant
- 04 Oct Cotton Balls on Fourwinged Saltbush - Galls formed by Cecidomyid Midges
- 11 Jul Raven Fledge Day - Possibly the Best Holiday?
- 08 Jul Watching Tarantula Hawks on Desert Milkweed in Tucson, Arizona
- 18 Jun An Encounter with a Rattlesnake and a Gopher Snake in Southwestern Colorado
- 10 Jun White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata) feeding at Penstemon Flowers
- 27 Apr Foxes Playing
- 26 Apr Mating Short-Horned Lizards in Southwestern Colorado
- 17 Mar Iron Cross Blister Beetle - Tegrodera aloga
- 15 Mar Oil Beetle - Meloe sp. (Blister Beetle)
- 26 Feb Rust Gall on Juniper in Southwestern Colorado
- 08 Dec Watching Nasute Termites in Arizona
- 01 Dec Galls on Utah Juniper in Southwestern Colorado - Gall Midge (Walshomyia sp A)
- 17 Nov Coyote at Bosque del Apache
- 03 Aug A Water Strider scavenging on dead Tiger Salamander larva?
- 03 Jul Smooth Green Snake in Southwestern Colorado
- 24 Jun Prickly Pear Cactus Blossoms
- 22 Jun Colorado Claret Cup Cactus - Happy Summer Solstice
- 12 May Peregrines 2023
- 12 May Dwarf Lousewort (Pedicularis centranthera)
- 25 Apr Watching Red Fox Kits
- 14 Apr Cooper's Hawk Hunting Eurasian Collared Doves in the Horse Sheds
- 09 Apr Spring 2023 - Mourning Cloaks and Chorus Frogs
- 02 Apr Barn Swallows destroy a Bald-faced Hornet nest
- 15 Feb White-crowned Sparrows Bathing at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge
- 11 Feb Aspen Twoleaf Tier Caterpillars
- 19 Jan Sharp-shinned Hawk - Feeding the Birds on a Winter Morning
- 15 Jan Aphid Mummy
- 10 Jan Couch's Spadefoot
- 26 Dec Painted Desert Raven
- 28 Nov Woodhouse's Toad in a Slickrock Pool
- 27 Oct Tarantula Time in Southwestern Colorado
- 23 Oct Thistledown Velvet Ant - Dasymutilla pseudopappus
- 21 Oct Terrestrial Garter Snakes (Thamnophis elegans)
- 13 Oct Tumbleweed Shield Lichen
- 20 Sep Fuligo septica - Dog Vomit Slime Mold
- 07 Sep An Encounter with a Western Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata)
- 26 Aug Water Strider and Spadefoot Toad Tadpoles
- 22 Aug Xanthoteras eburneum - Cynipid Wasp galls on Gambel Oak
- 13 Aug Damselfly in Distress
- 09 Aug Training Jack the Hound to Hunt Mushrooms
- 20 Jul Backlit Tiger Salamander Larvae
- 20 Jul Another Visiting Bullfrog
- 05 Jul Leeches on Colorado Tiger Salamanders
- 14 Jun Colorado Tiger Salamanders in Late Spring
- 06 Jun Gars in Southeastern Texas
- 29 May Alligator Watching at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, Texas
- 13 May White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata) - Springtime in Colorado
- 09 May Springtime Colorado Tiger Salamanders…in a Drought
- 09 May Spiny Softshell Turtles (Apolone spinifera)
- 01 May Alligators and Turtles in Southeastern Texas
- 27 Apr Pink Sundew (Drosera capillaris) at Big Thicket National Preserve
- 23 Apr Sarracenia purpurea (Purple Pitcher Plant) in New Hampshire
- 18 Apr Pale Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia alata) at Big Thicket National Preserve
- 16 Apr Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis) in the Big Thicket
- 12 Apr Roseate Spoonbills at Smith Oaks Rookery
- 08 Apr Coastal Plains Toad (Gulf Toad) - Incilius nebulifer
- 06 Apr Crayfish Turrets - Castles made of Mud
- 04 Apr Bull Shark on a Texas Beach
- 20 Mar Western Thatching Ants (Formica obscuripes) in the Early Spring
- 17 Mar Watching a Hunting River Otter
- 14 Mar Odin Waiting for Hugin and Munin
- 08 Mar Rabbitbrush Gall - Cotton-gall Tephritid
- 01 Mar Birth of Eventually Venus - More New Mexico Spadefoot Toads
- 17 Dec Canyon Tree Frog - Dryophytes (Hyla) arenicolor
- 20 Nov A Sonoran Desert Tarantula - Aphonopelma chalcodes
- 16 Nov Destructive Philota Mushroom (Pholiota destruens/Pholiota populnea/Hemipholiota populnea)
- 13 Nov A Beautiful Gopher Snake (Pituophis catenifer)
- 12 Nov An Encounter with a Grand Canyon Black Tarantula (Aphenopelma marxi) in Southwestern Colorado
- 07 Nov Red Fox and Corvids at a Carcass
- 24 Oct Red-spotted Toad (Anaxyrus punctatus) tadpoles in a temporary Utah Pool
- 15 Oct Encounter with a young Prairie Rattlsnake (Crotalus viridis)
- 11 Oct Tadpole Shrimp (Triops longicaudatus) - Making Tracks
- 29 Sep Mexican Spadefoot Toads - Racing the Sun
- 23 Sep Lithic Scatter on the Great Sage Plains of the Southwest
- 14 Sep An Encounter with a Midget Faded Rattlesnake
- 05 Sep Spadefoot Toad Tadpoles Metamorphosing
- 21 Aug Tadpole Shrimp and the Timing of the Rains
- 18 Aug Plowed Fields and Ruins
- 14 Aug Clam Shrimp in a Desert Pool - Revisited
- 11 Aug Whiskeyjack - Encounter with a Canada Jay
- 05 Aug Small native bee on Rocky Mountain Bee Plant - Lasioglossum sp?
- 05 Aug Small Native Bee on Rocky Mountain Bee Plant - Hylaeus, a “Cellophane” Bee
- 01 Aug San Juan Mountain Mushrooms
- 29 Jul Desert Tadpole Shrimp and Clam Shrimp
- 23 Jul Antlion - Brachynemurus sp.
- 22 Jul More High Altitude Tiger Salamander Larvae
- 19 Jul Driveway Bullfrog
- 17 Jul Garden Toad
- 09 Jul High Altitude Tiger Salamanders
- 07 Jul Ruins on the Colorado Sage Plains
- 02 Jul American Grannom Caddisflies - Brachycentrus americanus
- 01 Jul Colorado Blackfly Larvae
- 18 Jun Aspen Serpentine Leaf Miner (Phyllocnistis populiella)
- 15 Jun Corky-Bark Fungus (Diplodia tumefaciens) Galls on Quaking Aspen
- 12 Jun Short-horned Lizard (Phrynosoma hernandesi) and Formica obscuripes Ants
- 05 Jun Sponge-galls on Sagebrush - Rhopalomyia pomum
- 02 Jun Escobaria vivipara - Beehive Cactus
- 01 Jun Claret Cup Cactus - Echinocereus triglochidiatus
- 18 May Coccid Thorn Gall on Emory Oak - Olliffiella cristicola
- 13 May Blaesodiplosis Galls on Serviceberry (Amelanchier)
- 12 May Hovenweep Adventure
- 08 May Beaver Dam
- 27 Apr Sharpening Grooves
- 24 Apr Blogging and Signal Transduction
- 20 Apr Medusa Galls on Sagebrush
- 14 Apr Tetramorium immigrans (Pavement Ant) War
- 01 Apr Photographing Pogonomyrmex rugosus (Rough Harvester Ants) and Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Western Harvester Ants)
- 24 Mar Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Western Harvester Ant) Photography Session
- 19 Mar Watching and Photographing Myrmecocystus mimicus (Honeypot Ant)
- 19 Mar Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Western Harvester Ant) on a Spring Morning
- 16 Mar Dry Tiger Salamander Tanks!
- 12 Mar Orb Weaving SPider in Hawaii
- 07 Mar Mill Canyon Dinosaur Trail
- 06 Mar Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite, Utah
- 02 Mar Philodromus - The Running Crab Spider
- 27 Feb Phidippus carneus - Red-backed Jumping Spider
- 24 Feb Acromyrmex versicolor (Leafcutter Ants) and Asagena (Steatoda) Spider
- 22 Feb Pogonomyrmex maricopa Harvester Ants and Asagena (Steatoda) Spider
- 17 Feb Euryopis spiders and Pogonomyrmex rugosus Ants - Some Enchanted Evening
- 16 Feb Euryopis Spiders, Solenopsis xyloni (Southern Fire Ants) and Native Fire Ants
- 15 Feb Euryopis Spiders Preying on Veromessor pergandei Ants
- 14 Feb Carpenter Ant (Camponotus) and Pheidole
- 05 Feb Monomorium Ants and Prickly Pear Cactus Fruit
- 03 Feb Forelius pruinosus Ants and Saguaro Cactus Fruit
- 30 Jan Dorymyrmex bicolor Ants and Devil's Claw
- 28 Jan Dorymyrmex bicolor Ants and Squash Blossoms
- 26 Jan Acromyrmex versicolor - Desert Leafcutter Ant Colony Founding
- 24 Jan Acromyrmex versicolor - Desert Leafcutter Ant Mating Flight
- 22 Jan Acromyrmex versicolor - Desert Leafcutter Ants
- 17 Jan Ants and Seeds - Pogonomyrmex desertorum and Pheidole xerophila
- 13 Jan Camponotus modoc - Carpenter Ant and Aphids
- 12 Jan Dorymyrmex insanus Ants and Palo Verde Flowers
- 09 Jan Novomessor cockerelli Ants and Lycaenid Caterpillar
- 09 Jan Horsehair Worms
- 04 Jan An Encounter with Neivamyrmex texanus - Army Ant
- 01 Jan Novomessor cockerelli Ants and Myrmecophilous Beetle (Araeoschizus)
- 29 Dec An Encounter with Neivamyrmex nigrescens - An Army Ant
- 27 Dec Pheidole desertorum Ants and Sagauro Cactus Fruit
- 22 Dec Western Harvester Ant Mating Flight (Pogonomyrmex occidentalis)
- 17 Dec Odontomachus clarus - Trap-jawed Ant Queen
- 15 Dec Odontomachus clarus - Trap-jawed Ants
- 12 Dec Pseudomyrmex apache - Twig Ant and Thistle
- 11 Dec Pseudomyrmex apache - Twig Ant
- 08 Dec Canyon Tree Frog Tadpoles
- 08 Dec Arizona Dung Beetles
- 01 Dec After the Rains - a Visit with Pheidole spadonia
- 27 Nov Case Bearing Leaf Beetle - Perhaps Not a Model for Personal Growth
- 25 Nov Pheidole militicida - The "Soldier Killer" Ants
- 22 Nov Fire Ants and The Horrid Phorid Fly
- 14 Nov Pheidole rhea and Fly
- 09 Nov Aspen Gall - Leaf Vase formed by Pemphigus Aphids
- 07 Nov Butler Wash Dinosaur Track
- 03 Nov Ripiphorus Beetle
- 02 Nov Scrub Oak Gall
- 01 Nov Unexpected Treasures - Watching Mustangs and Ruins in Canyons of the Ancients
- 25 Oct Comb Ridge - Fishmouth Cave
- 19 Oct Comb Ridge - Monarch Cave
- 27 Sep Leopard Frogs
- 26 Mar Bell!
- 03 Feb Springtime Carp
- 20 Jan Harris Hawks
- 09 Jan Grendel
- 02 Jan Red-winged Blackbird flocking at Bosque del Apache
- 01 Jan Buffalo Bones - Staggering
- 09 Oct Cave Art Horse
- 09 Oct Desert Tortoise
- 27 Sep We’re Going on an Adventure!
- 12 Aug The Stomping Grounds
- 06 Aug Diseases and Die-offs - More Tiger Salamanders, and an encounter with Ranavirus
- 24 Jul Desert Salamanders
- 15 Jul Petrified Forest/Painted Desert
- 06 Jul Dinosaur Tracks at Tuba City
- 27 Feb Lizard Game
- 03 Feb Paddlefish at the Scottsdale Aquarium
- 18 Jan Watching Canyon Wren Fledglings
- 13 Jan Clark’s Nutcracker
- 25 Dec Colorado Acorn Woodpeckers
- 28 Nov Fairy Shrimp at the Colorado National Monument
- 10 Oct Ruin in Canyons of the Ancients - A Pleasant Surprise
- 22 Sep Jack the Crow
- 15 Sep Walking with a Gila Monster
- 12 Sep Tadpole Shrimp!
- 06 Jul Signs of Life
- 18 Jun Painted Hand Ruins
- 08 Jun Aztec Ruins
- 05 Jun Time, Ravens, and Ruins
- 04 May Turkey Vultures at Spruce Tree House Ruins
- 17 Apr Ruins Vultures
- 10 Apr Through the Canyons of the Ancients
- 23 Mar Energy Conversion - A Mosquito
- 05 Mar Winter Starling
- 20 Jan Slipper Lobster
- 14 Jan Butcher Bird
- 06 Jan Numbers Game - Bosque del Apache
- 22 Dec The Underworld
- 21 Dec Purseweb Spider
- 02 Dec Kodachrome Basin Scrub Jay
- 24 Nov An Echo at Mesa Verde
- 18 Nov Chaco Canyon
- 12 Nov In Which We Travel Through Southern Utah
- 14 Oct Yellow Jacket Pueblo
- 07 Oct Odin's Birds - Reflections on Thought and Memory
- 25 Sep Visit from a Cooper's Hawk
- 23 Sep Fishing for Stars
- 16 Sep Cooper's Hawks
- 07 Sep Cannon Ball Mesa Ruins
- 28 Aug Flying Lessons
- 23 Aug Pleasant Pond
- 15 Aug Castle Rock Pueblo at Sand Canyon
- 12 Aug Elk Hunting and Potsherds