Termite Terminator
Yesterday's rain created a nice environment for termite eggs to hatch. This morning, we wondered at first what were all the little bugs...
Lovely Autumn Visitors
There are still a lot of insect activity in the back field, especially little butterflies. This Vivid Dancer male was a wonderful...
Summer Long-horned bees still here!
I don't remember seeing Long-Horned bees visiting our current and previous gardens so late in the season. Usually they are gone by the...
Insect Extinction
Illustration by Armando Veve Very important article! Please read https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/01/where-have-all-the-insects...
First time ever Orange Sulfur
About an hour ago, I went out in the heat of the day, 90 degrees F. to check up on wildlife activities in the field of native plants. I...
Gum plants still blooming...
... And there's a lot of activity going on. For example, I took this photo of a Leafcutting bee on one of the gum plant flowers. I didn't...
The Essential Pacific Aster
This is the first year that we have been successful with our Pacific or California asters Symphyotrichum chilense, planted as seedlings....
Dragonflies
For some reason we have several kinds of dragonflies flying through the garden every day, as long as the sun is shining. Apparently they...
Back from the tundra
Hooray! Our first sighting of a White-Crowned Sparrow this season. I read recently that one should be on the lookout now for the seasonal...
Bumble bees in the winter
Read more about this here: https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/bumblebee-nests/?fbclid=IwAR29UMblA4IEvDDzEqqyVyKBzqPDT33px0hUNRzBzDH2Mf...
