#klamathmountains

While watching and drawing cultural/prescribed fire during #klamathtrex2019, we saw quite a few horntails drawn to the burn. They are wasps that lay their eggs in dead or dying trees, injecting a fungus along with their eggs. The fungus predigests the wood for the larvae. These drawings are from photo references after the fact. I’m not sure what species we were seeing, but fairly certain it was in the genus Urocerus. #goodfire #horntail #woodwasp #urocerus #klamathmountains https://www.instagram.com/p/B4iMPGwAKul/?igshid=1o7k53euq14jf

Some of my research before observing and sketching part of #klamathtrex2019 to get a better feel for how fire has shaped the Klamath Mountains Ecoregion. #pyrodiversity #goodfire #klamathmountains @mid_klamath_watershed_council https://www.instagram.com/p/B4acOU_gJgY/?igshid=1xd20h79levn

More of my research before observing and sketching part of #klamathtrex2019 to get a better feel for how fire has shaped the Klamath Mountains Ecoregion. #pyrodiversity #goodfire #klamathmountains @mid_klamath_watershed_council https://www.instagram.com/p/B4eEBpMAjeP/?igshid=2qlp6t538ca5

Some of my research before observing and sketching part of #klamathtrex2019 to get a better feel for how fire has shaped the Klamath Mountains Ecoregion. #pyrodiversity #goodfire #klamathmountains https://www.instagram.com/p/B3xSwkyg7eQ/?igshid=dihccntksqg9