Southern Carpenter Bee (male)
Xylocopa micans

Squash longhorn cuckoo bee (female)
Triepeolus remigatus

Colorado Mason bee
Osmia coloradensis

Roly-poly gall (Dryocosmus quercuspalutris) avoiding attempted parasitization by Ormyrus labotus

Sleeping habits: Squash bee (Peponapis pruinosa) and Squash flower (Cucurbita pepo)

Crypt-keeper wasp (Euderus set) emerging from host, gall wasp Bassettia pallida

 

Galls of Salix lasiolepis: Pontania californica (Willow-apple-gall sawfly); Euura lasiolepis (Stem-gall sawfly); Rabdophaga rigidae (Beaked-twig gall midge)

 

Coloradia pandora (Pandora pine moth)

 

Daphnis nerii + Nerium oleander
Life cycle of the Oleander hawk moth with it’s host

 

Diagram: Healthy Brood Pattern in Colonies of Apis Mellifera (Western honey bee)

Heteropteryx dilatata (Giant thorny phasmid)

Interpretive panel:
NATURE IN BALANCE: The California oak moth, Coast live oak and Western flycatcher

Strawberry crown moth (larval stage) + Wild strawberry
Synanthedon bibionipennis + Fragaria virginiana

Strawberry crown moth (imago) + Wild strawberry
Synanthedon bibionipennis + Fragaria virginiana

Megachile texana (Leafcutter bee) and yin-yang beans