Metallic Green Sweat Bees Are Really Beautiful and Quite Colorful
Pollen Collector One of my absolute favorite bees is the metallic green sweat bee (Agapostemon texanus). How could you not...
There are Lots of Other Beautiful Pollinators Beside Butterflies
Flower Hopper For the last week or so, I’ve been seeing and enjoying having an increased number of pollinators around....
Beautiful Glowing Drawings Can be Used to Illustrate Insects
Neon Wasp Not long ago, I started doing some of these glowing line drawings from some of my photos. Earlier...
The Beautiful Scoliid Wasps are a Good Reminder of Nature’s Interconnectedness
Another Hungry Wasp I have always been captivated by the exquisite beauty of scoliid wasps, including this one that was...
The Fine Backed Red Paper Wasp is Known to be a Great Fall Pollinator
Red in the Tamarisk Recently, I took a hike in Gothe State Forest that led me to a large patch...
Black Bees and Yellow Sumac: A Wonderful Fall Combination
Black Beauty The winged sumac flowers have come and gone, but they’re not forgotten. Back in September, when they were...
Paper Wasps are Beautiful and Very Interesting
Wild for Nectar Paper wasps (Polistes exclamans), belonging to the family Vespidae, are fascinating creatures known for their slender bodies,...
Honey Bees are Among the Beautiful Fall Pollinators That Love Tamarisk
In Coming Recently, when I went out for a hike, I found this wonderful patch of tamarisk flowers not far...
Beautiful Pink Tamarisk Flowers are Loved by Fall Pollinators
Thynnid in the Tamarisk When I went hiking last weekend I found a huge patch of tamarisk flowers (Tamarix sp.)...
Just Another Beautiful Ammophila Wasp
Just Another Beautiful Ammophila Wasp shows readers a macro photo of this fairly uncommon Florida wasp. It explains that although they are generally uncommon the author/artist has encountered them frequently this year.
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