Valley Oak that lost a large branch 25 June 2015. Gold Springs, Columbia Ca.

Carpenter ant, Middle Camp Road, Twain Harte, Ca. ~11 June 2015

Soldier fly

Black and yellow mud dauber

Carpenter bee

Sarah Lunsford’s article, The Bugs Around Us, in Sierra Lodestar, June 3-9, 2015

Field mouse caught in trap

Ground beetle, Pterostichus

Powder Post Beetles