Today I am using mostly telephoto + extension tubes to try to observe as many different insect species as I can rather than try to get pristine photos of a few cooperative individuals. I don’t expect all images to be good enough to allow species ID. The primary goal is to document that there are bees out already.
Pupa in a lichen-encrusted exterior, the fuzzy to the right seems like the remains of the moth itself potentially
coming down on a string of silk. Only one seen. Unfortunately did not pay attention to what kind of tree it was on.
On cottonwood branches