White-Lined Sphinx (Hyles lineata)

White-Lined Sphinx (Hyles lineata)

This moth was spotted at a house in Cheyenne, Wyoming near F.E. Warren Air force Base in July 2010.  You can read more about these moths here.

Vulture Bee

Vulture Bee

These bees were spotted during late August 2010 eating out the inside of a dead bird on the sidewalk of Howes Street in Fort Collins, Colorado.  These bees are stingless and they feed on rotting flesh rather than the usual humdrum plant-based nectar or pollen.  You can read more (but not much more) about these bird eating bees here, and you can read about bee eating birds here.

Crimson Marsh Glider (Trithemis aurora)

Crimson Marsh Glider (Trithemis aurora)
Photo credit: Kristina LeCours

I saw this dragonfly in the Urban Wetlands of Greenwood Cemetery in downtown Orlando, Florida in the afternoon on August 11, 2010.  You can read more about the Crimson Marsh Glider here.