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I’m back to insects this week after another visit to the flower field at Nutty Brown Farm. Here’s another widow skimmer dragonfly (Libellula...
This will be the last of the macro pictures for a few days though I suspect I’ll be back at the flower field some time in the next week to take more....
Some of the nigella flowers at Nutty Brown Farm, Austin on Saturday, May 2nd, 2020.
A western honey bee (Apis Mellifera) gathers pollen and nectar from an Indian Blanket or Firewheel flower near Dripping Springs, Texas on April 28th, 2020....
A honey bee (Apis Mellifera) seen on a cornflower at Nutty Brown Farm near Dripping Springs, Texas.
I stumbled upon another Bee Assassin bug (Apiomerus spissipes) during Saturday’s visit to Nutty Brown Farm. This one was sitting right on top of a very...
A Common Thread Waisted Wasp (Ammophila procera) seen on a cornflower at Nutty Brown Farm near Dripping Springs, Texas on May 2nd, 2020. A few people have...
I’m going to stay with insect macro photographs this week because I spent a couple of hours yesterday morning in the flower field at Nutty Brown...
A flower patch can be a dangerous place for a busy bee. This one’s day didn’t end well after meeting a Bee Assassin bug (Apiomerus spissipes)...
A Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) seen on an Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella) in Dripping Springs, Texas.
I’ll interrupt the planned rodeo theme this week because, believe it or not, I actually took some photos yesterday! I spent the hour before sunset...
Continuing my wander through the archives, here’s a female Ladder-Backed Woodpecker (Dryobates scalaris) seen at the Pedernales Falls State Park...
Yesterday morning, as local social isolation took effect and church was off, we visited Charro Ranch Park in Dripping Springs and spent some time in the bird...
Water levels were very low at Pedernales Falls last weekend and there was also significantly more algae growth than I had seen in the past. Some of those...
Foxgloves were blooming everywhere we went in Scotland this summer. Here’s one we found on the walk around the Wallace Monument near Stirling.
It was pointed out to me on Monday that, despite enthusing about all the amazing wildflowers at Enchanted Rock right now, I failed to actually show any of them....
This century plant (agave americana) and several more like it live in the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center not far from our home. These huge succulents...
One of the signs of the arrival of spring in Texas for me, is the first sighting of a Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) butterfly. I’m sure a sighting...
Let’s step away from motorsport for a couple of days (but prepare for more next week because MotoGP is in town this weekend). Drew and I took a trip...
We’re just back from a couple of days’ museum hopping in Houston. One of the museums we visited was the fantastic Houston Museum of Natural...
