Observations by sisroks

Found this bee in a friend's yard. There were several bees all around the bush.

I found this scorpion in some leaves while doing yard work. Thankfully, there was only one. I'm not sure if it was dead or not.

I found this in a flowerbed I had been working in. There were lots of dry leaves and sticks that the snake was hiding in.

I saw this lizard after almost two days of straight rain. It seemed very calm, and let me get close enough to touch it before running away.

We took this picture on a sunny, extremely hot day. There were lots of flowers around.

I don't know what kind of lizard this is other than dead. I found him on the road after a rain storm. R.I.P Mr. Lizard.

I think this might be a caterpillar, but I'm not sure because it was moving pretty fast and doesn't look anything like any caterpillar I've ever seen. I saw it near a dirt trail in a park.

We saw several tiny frogs like this around around a large pond. They were jumping around and were very tiny and blended in with the mud, so it was hard to get a good picture.

These ants were larger than the kind I normally see, and didn't have a hill. They were spread out away from their hole in the ground, some up to a few feet away.

I often see a lot of these flowers in fields in early spring. I don't know what the bug inside is.

This tree smelled very nice. It was near the parking lot of the area we were hiking, so I'm not sure if it was planted or not.

I have seen these flowers many times and in many places in the area. They often have small bugs on the inside, although this one did not.

This dragonfly was very big, and even without zooming in on my camera, I could easily see the markings on its wings.

This plant is about 4 feet tall, and covered in small, dry, bud-like balls.