Monoptilon bellioides blooming in Joshua Tree National Park.

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Colored pencil drawing of Vespula squamosa. Thank you gift for a yellowjacket enthusiast who covered my teaching during my sabbatical.

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Colored pencil sketch of Hippodamia convergens eating an aphid. A gift for a friend who studies insect predators.

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