After presenting to the Coastal Prairie Master Naturalists on zoom this morning, I stayed at the house to do some work -- spotted a few pollinators outside, so I went to go check them out! Quite a few things were in the yard today. :)
Recording insects visiting the spots where the dogs pee.
First bee of the season, on the first day of spring. Temperature reached 8°C.
Caught at Lily Anderson Arboretum
Found sitting calmly in freshly churned dirt during some nonnative plant management at the Waterfall in Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve. Early afternoon on a mild sunny day. On an index finger for size reference.
Lakeview Wildflower Trail, Diamond Valley Lake, Hemet, Riverside County, California