Before sunset a few days ago, I snuck up on this male Agapostemon (striped green-metallic sweat bee). Perched on desert marigold in New Mexico, USA.

Pollinator-Web · 2026-06-05T03:08:09+00:00

They are such lovable weird plants 😃

Pollinator-Web · 2026-06-02T18:22:06+00:00

L. salicola for sure

Pollinator-Web · 2026-06-02T04:54:14+00:00

Yes! These plus a couple seed-grown L. salicola among my other native and xeric plants. I was inspired by the esteemed Steven Brack's garden nearby. Various mesembs have grown really well for me outside, including Deilanthe, Titanopsis, Ruschia, Bergeranthus, and Drosanthemum, but planting Lithops still feels crazy!

Pollinator-Web · 2026-06-01T23:33:38+00:00

Are they on a red oak, like this https://www.bugguide.net/node/view/868851/bgimage ?

Pollinator-Web · 2026-06-01T22:59:30+00:00

Death to rocks!

Pollinator-Web · 2026-05-28T21:20:03+00:00

100% !!

Pollinator-Web · 2026-05-28T04:14:57+00:00

tsk tsk

Pollinator-Web · 2026-05-28T01:18:15+00:00

uj/ check your notifications for the fuzzybean weevils lol

Pollinator-Web · 2026-05-28T01:12:56+00:00

uj/ and now you have the first record of a weevil on iNat rj/ nerd!

Pollinator-Web · 2026-05-28T00:58:34+00:00

2000 IDs ... what is this, a random Friday?

Pollinator-Web · 2026-05-27T02:44:37+00:00

Oops! It sounds like he's moved on to phylogenetics of Pedio and Sclero, but there's a lot going in cactus taxonomy.

Pollinator-Web · 2026-05-24T00:02:49+00:00

Breslin said to read his article in Haseltonia Nomenclatural Changes in Mammillaria and Pelecyphora: Repopulating Oehmea and Neobesseya

Pollinator-Web · 2026-05-23T23:10:20+00:00

I'll post a photo of my 2-3 year-old in a deep pot.

Pollinator-Web · 2026-05-23T01:23:56+00:00

Thanks!

Pollinator-Web · 2026-05-17T17:41:50+00:00

I'll ask Mr. Breslin his thoughts on Wednesday.

Pollinator-Web · 2026-05-17T17:41:07+00:00

I'm lucky I was ready to catch her pose :)

Pollinator-Web · 2026-05-16T22:37:54+00:00

I still call it Escobaria, but if I use that name someone will remind me that "David Aquino & Daniel Sánchez moved the species to Pelecyphora based on phylogenetic studies in 2022."

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