Scorpion #1, 2011 (and #2 in Absentia)

From May 2 in the bathroom. A few days later another showed up in the same place; one of its pincer arms was dragging behind it, poor thing. I took it out outside without making it suffer through a photo shoot.

The Elusive Tarantula Hawk Continues to Elude Me, Sort Of

A rare ground sighting on a recent morning of a tarantula hawk; it was foraging among the leaves under cedar trees behind the outdoor shower. These photos do not convey the giant purpley golden-orangeness that this insect has in flight, its gangly legs all hanging down and its wings spread wide, as it desultorily yet mysteriously lazes its way through the air!

Lesser Goldfinches

Moth with Brilliant Underwings

House Finch

Ant Takes Moth

Flycatcher, Part II

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Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher: Passing Through

Storm's a-Brewin'

Or at least I hope so. It's been horribly humid and oppressive all day, and the sky all hazy. There is now lightning in the northern sky. . .

Gargoyle

Oak Fluff

How have I lived here all this time without noticing the oak fluff? What is this stuff? It was all over certain of our oaks in April, when these photos were taken. I don't know if this one is a white or a red oak.

Leaf-footed Hopper

London Sky

Slim Moth, Early April

Bur Oak in March