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…
2020 in bugs
Despite everything that happened this year, I was still able to get out into nature and look for insects and…
social distancing with spiders, part three
I got out a few times this week, far away from any people, to search for critters at 6000′ in…
social distancing with spiders, part two
Over the summer, a large portion of the Catalina Mountains burned. For a number of months, the Mount Lemmon Highway…
social distancing with spiders, part one
Well, it finally happened — I tested positive for COVID. I wish I had the fortitude of a tarantula and…
picking up where we left off
It’s hard to describe what the last several months have been like for me. In some regards, I’ve been carrying…
insect interlude
The world’s pretty messed up right now. Let’s take a moment to pause, look at some photos of arthropods, and…
essential work and the bugs that get me through it
I was about to preface this post with all the goings-on in the country and world right now, and how…
flipping rocks at 4000 feet
A spot that I’d not visited in several months was Molino Canyon Vista, so I took a trip there yesterday.…