Garden Wildlife

How handsome is this fellow? He and his horse companions like to graze outside my front gate. Sometimes he gets…

Thasus neocalifornicus I did a double take when I saw this lovely during my morning stroll. She must have decided…

A chilly, wet morning after an overnight rain. This bumblebee is waiting for the sun to come out. Apparently, sunflowers…

The cactus wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) likes to build nests in cholla, saguaro, and other cacti. It would be hard to…

Bugs in love. I am still trying to identify this beetle. Photographed here on lion’s tail.

Cotinis nitida, aka the green june beetle. In Mexico, they are called mayotes. They seem to be eating my sunflower…

Papilio polyxenes asterius Stoll, black swallowtail larva. These butterfly larvae love feeding on the wild fennel. I scatter seeds throughout the…