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Aerial Yellowjacket Nest In The Wasatch Mountains

By Mia McPherson|2024-02-13T03:24:22-06:00October 11th, 2023|Categories: Aerial Yellowjackets, Summit County, Utah, Video, Wasatch Mountains|Tags: Aerial Yellowjacket, Aerial Yellowjackets, alpine creek, autumn, canyon, Common Aerial Yellowjacket, Dolichovespula, Dolichovespula arenaria, fall, fall colors, insects, leaves, montains, nest, riparian habitat, video, wasp, wasps, yellowjacket, yellowjacket nest, yellowjackets|

I first found and photographed this Aerial Yellowjacket nest in August, high in the Wasatch Mountains. Now that the leaves have fallen, I can see it better.

West Desert Tarantula-hawk Wasp

By Mia McPherson|2023-10-05T04:52:53-05:00October 5th, 2023|Categories: Thisbe's Tarantula-hawk Wasps, Tooele County, Utah, West Desert|Tags: canyon, insects, mountains, Pepsis thisbe, rabbitbrush, sky island mountains, summer, Tarantula-hawk Wasp, Tarantula-hawk Wasps, Thisbe's Tarantula-hawk Wasp, wasp, wasps|

I've been meaning to share this Tarantula-hawk Wasp photo that I took in the West Desert of Utah for about a year, and today is as good a day as any.