Sorry for the missed week last week!  My company was swapping over to a new software system and I had to work some extra long hours.  Software has now been swapped! Then we had a fire...and then I got a flat tire...it was an eventful week to say the least!

The largest nomad bee I have ever met, visiting thyme flowers. After years of seeing small nomads this took some time to process. It is about the size of a honey bee. My garden grows again in diversity. Interesting to note this species had a beautiful and distinctive buzz, biased in the low frequencies and audible at a meter away. #nomadbee #cuckoobee #nomada #thyme #pollinators

These bees were caught in the same trap at then same time in southeastern Wyoming on the Killpecker Sand Dunes this past June. On the left is a Habropoda sp., a species of digger bee. On the right is a Melecta pacifica, a cuckoo bee that likely parasitizes the Habropoda. The Melecta will find a digger bee nest, lay her own egg in a cell with pollen already provided by the digger bee. The cuckoo bee larvae will hatch and replace the digger bee egg/larvae, much like cuckoo birds! I just love the mimicry going on here! #beestuff #gradlife #parasites #cuckoobee #natureismetal #🐝 🐝🐝🐝

painting time!!!! The is my cuckoo inspired bee. #cuckoobee #bee #hive #insect #entomology #flowers #honey #wip #watercolor #austin #atx #atxart #austinartist #512 #sketchbook #sketch #ionahandcraftedbooks #austinlife #austinstyle

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There are 2 pages left after this O_O I can't believe I'm so close to being done after 4.5 years and almost 1200 drawings

Enjoy <3

Also, check your tires you might need new ones or get them rotated.