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This bee was piercing the base of the flower and drinking nectar through the holes. Fun to watch.

Flew away after the photograph and not one that I encountered while sampling.

Flew up into Red Cedar from other side of trail. Location made it hard to get a good photo, but I got one.

Also under bark of old trees that moved down the wash to this point.

Young Asphondylia galls? Two occurrences on the same plant; marked with tags to revisit later. Later observation here.

Host Quercus turbinella

Will add macros

At Kisimangeda Tented Camp. Photo by Chris & Nani Schmeling

With exit hole and exuviae

Took a 15 shot sequence of this courting act.

Did I cry with happiness when I saw this gorgeous creature? Maybe :) I've been looking for one for so long!

Ventura County, California

Climber in Acacia woodland

Mixed hardwood/pine woodland.

The litter of pups outside the burrows.

All of the flowers were blooming in the South side of the mound.

my first Caliscelid! keys here. swept from grasses, 2x

2 adult females on arizona rosewood. both were much darker than the fresh summer specimens of last year, which I presume is indicative that these are overwintering adults

White, powdery forked fungus on rotting log along trail.

I just had to go back this week and find one in flower.

Along road to the old ranch town of El Potrero and Gujademi in the Sierra. The white trunks and growth pattern are diagnostic.

Salt Point State Park, Sonoma County, California

Androstephium breviflorum, Cactus Plain, southwest of the Buckskin Mountains, west-southwest of Battleship Peak and northeast of Bouse, 34.0497 -113.9010, La Paz County, Arizona, 17 Feb 2017.

Monument Road, San Diego County, California