Fledgling Raven perches on the remnants of an old fence in Southwestern Colorado. It’s currently mid-July here in Southwestern Colorado, and for the last month or so I’ve been seeing gangs of Rave...

Female Tarantula Hawk’ facing the camera, on Desert Milkweed flowers. Back when Laurie and I lived in Tucson, Arizona, we planted some Desert Milkweed (Asclepias subulata) in our backyard. The Mil...

Young Prairie Rattlesnake, laying coiled on the trail. A few days ago, my wife and I went for a short walk through the Sagebrush desert of Southwestern Colorado. She was riding Leo, her BLM Mustan...

Watching White-lined Sphinx Moths (Hyles lineata) feeding at penstemon flowers

The first fox, the one with lots of black on its face and fur, ran across the field and lay down, watching the other fox. Laurie and I were watching television and eating dinner last night when ou...

An account of seeing Short-horned Lizards mating in Southwestern Colorado.

Here are photos of a gorgeous Iron Cross Blister Beetle (Tegrodera aloga) that I saw one afternoon in Tucson. This was in early May of 2005, on the Cactus Forest Loop of Saguaro National Park East,...

Male Oil Beetle, on my finger for scale. Yes, a wise person would have worn a glove for this, but I the beetle did not seem to be too upset. In the middle of September, 2023, I was hiking along a ...