bite marks, inquilines, and other finds in the catalina mountains

Often the goals of my wanderings in nature are two-fold: I’m looking for spiders and insects, and I’m also looking…

starting the year off with arachnids

Eight days in and 2021 is already shaping up to be a mess, but at least I can rely on…

Despite everything that happened this year, I was still able to get out into nature and look for insects and…

I got out a few times this week, far away from any people, to search for critters at 6000′ in…

Over the summer, a large portion of the Catalina Mountains burned. For a number of months, the Mount Lemmon Highway…

Well, it finally happened — I tested positive for COVID. I wish I had the fortitude of a tarantula and…

It’s hard to describe what the last several months have been like for me. In some regards, I’ve been carrying…

The world’s pretty messed up right now. Let’s take a moment to pause, look at some photos of arthropods, and…

I was about to preface this post with all the goings-on in the country and world right now, and how…

A spot that I’d not visited in several months was Molino Canyon Vista, so I took a trip there yesterday.…