August 17:Corbin Canyon

I braved the extreme heat and humidity today to take a short walk in Corbin Canyon. Needless to say I didn’t see anyone else. The weather is really making it difficult to get out; and going near the beach in this heat, while appealing, means dealing with crowds.

So in spite of the heat and going out earlier than usual for me, I did make a couple of nice finds. One was the cool blue wasp with the large white/light blue eyes that Andrea had found a specimen of not too long ago. It’s a really different looking wasp. The other was Scat that beartracker ID’d as gray fox. I’ve actually seen one gray fox in the Santa Monica mountains once but couldn’t get a photo of it. Anyway, I hope to actually see and photograph one some day here in our local area.

Last but not least I found a pumpkin gall wasp...I’ve probably seen them before but this time actually really looked and found one.

Posted on August 18, 2020 04:56 AM by naturephotosuze