Found this wasp digging a hole in a pot plant. It later covered the hole. The species was the identotron top choice.

Parents were near by and no other birds.

Amazing how this lies dormant and desiccated for ages and then comes back to like after a decent rain

This popped up in my garden awhile ago. I kept checking it for flowers but they seemed to go from a bud straight to seed.

Young sapling.