WriteOut Haiku Gold Surprise Oct 19 A small gumweed plant inspires a haiku for WriteOut, an outdoor writing celebration from October 12-26, 2025, encouraging exploration and creativity in neighborhood spaces.

A small #gumweed plant inspires a #haiku for #WriteOut, an #outdoor writing celebration from October 12-26, 2025, encouraging exploration and creativity in #neighborhood spaces. #clmooc #writeout25 #poetry #clpoetry

More late summer wildflowers at Ash Creek Wildlife Area, Modoc County CA - curlytop gumweed (Grindelia squarrosa) and wild sunflower (Helianthus annus). Both are in the Asteraceae Family.

#wildflowers #naturalhistory #nature #sunflower #gumweed #Asteraceae

Head-on view of a bee poking his head out from the middle of a yellow flower. His forelegs are propped on the edge of a petal pushing his face toward the camera. From this perspective he’s mostly head: big blueish grey eyes, an enormous blonde toothbrush moustache & antennae.

Summer 2024 leaf cutter boy/Megamale

Megachile in Grindelia, early in the morning when he’s a bit too chilly to fly away when I get close

#dailybee #bcnativebees #megachile #leafcutterbee #megachilemale #gindelia #gumweed #nativeplants #bcnativeplants

Anthophora peritomae is the only Micranthophora known from 🇨🇦. It regularly visits #gumweed, but likely requires hard vertical banks for #nesting; it is < 10 bee species that excavates its nest into #sandstone. It is rather uncommon in 🇨🇦 #beesofcanada #bees #beenests #nesting #prairiebees #sandstone