Life On A Quarter Acre

UV light trap

UV light trap

From a golden currant bush

Malaise trap, 5 mm

Malaise trap, 4 mm

On inside of garage window shade. Length 6 mm.

Emerged today from soil sample collected earlier

I watched this wasp dig a nest for a half hour or so. \r\n\r\nAfter completing the nest, she retrieved a cutworm that she had previously paralyzed and cached several cm above the ground on a plant stem 2.5 m from the burrow.\r\n\r\nThe wasp carried h ...

Found on bathroom floor.

Collected from front garden. Length 18 mm

Found in bathtub. Body length 8 mm

Front porch

Inside the shed

Front porch

UV light trap

On compost pile

Front porch

On inside window sill

On inside of window. 3 mm

~ 3.5 mm

5 mm

First bee I\'ve seen in the yard this year.

On side of shed

Front porch

Found crawling up the side of the shed.

On side of shed

On the shed.

Front porch

Front porch

Front porch

Outside front door. ~ 3 mm

Under brick.

In the kitchen

Scraping wood fibers from broom handle on porch

In kitchen sink

On side of shed

On outside front door. 4 mm

On front porch wall.

On side of shed. ~ 5 mm.

Under log. 15 mm.

On side of shed. 5 mm.

Inside house

On bark of firewood. Diameter of cup ~ 0.5 mm.

12 cm diameter. Ice on top.

Total width 4 mm.\nOn a decomposing apple leaf.