Earth-boring beetles
Blackburn’s Earth-boring Beetles (Geotrupes blackburnii) were out again on this cool morning.
Most of the beetles (Geotrupes blackburnii) were on their backs. Waiting for it to warm up.
Fungus on a downed Hackberry tree. Update: It is called carbon balls, cramp balls, or King Alfred’s cakes (Daldinia concentrica) fungus home
Closer view. Sorta looks like scat.
The mushroom is a fruiting body of the larger fungus organism. This one had a hint of blue green on the cap.
Closer.
Really were pretty gills.
Common Dandelion (Taraxacum officinal) is native to Eurasia. In the spring, I see many types of insects visiting them. From Crescent butterflies to honey bees.
That fungus on the hackberry really does look like scat…or kinda like intestines…ewwww
Neat beetles. Not sure I've seen them before.