Finally captured these native Anthophora bees in my backyard, after letting the weeds grow wild all summer. They're so fast and wary. Really beautiful large bees, though. #bees #entomology #insects #nature #biology

I came across this awesome website with (mostly) free to use silhouette images of different organisms - great for scientific publications and presentations! I really appreciate people making/uploading these images for others to use - will probably be using these on graphs in the future. The bee species available are a bit lacking, though.
https://www.phylopic.org/

#science #biology #entomology #bees #research #academia #ScienceResources

Some neat insects I've witnessed over the past few days. A little parasitoid wasp of some kind (who is she??) and a grasshopper. #insects #bugs #nature

Sunset from my back yard a few days ago.

The days have been super hot but storm clouds have been rolling in in the evening. making for some unique skies. #landscape #nature #clouds #sky #backyard

Cliffs of Ghost Ranch near Abiquiu, NM. One of the most unique places I have visited. Amazing colors in the rock. #nature #mountains #NewMexico #landscape #desert

Some amazing storms moving in from a few weeks ago, near Abiqui. #nature #landscape #mountains #NewMexico

Checkered whiptail lizard (Aspidoscelis tesselata) from my front yard. Never seen this particular species in the yard before, but they're common in the desert. One of the larger whiptails, it's an all-female species, amazingly. #lizards #herpetology #NewMexico #whiptail

Cacti flowers from my yard that just bloomed this week. Haven't seen any bees visiting them yet. #BloomScrolling #cacti #flowers #nature