Thorn Thicket Archives - El Mesteño Ranch™ and Arboretum

Mesoxaea texana update from the South Texas Sand Sheet, and guess what? The Protoxaea gloriosa are back!!!!!!!

“Male Mesoxaea texana on the South Texas Sand Sheet”

“Female Mesoxaea texana on the South Texas Sand Sheet”

“Mesoxaea texana nectaring on Waltheria indica on the South Texas Sand Sheet!”

“Tepanec Long-horned Bees Nectaring on Coma on the South Texas Sand Sheet,” by C. M. Rich, Texas Master Naturalist

“Roemer’s Acacia” by C.M. Rich, Texas Master Naturalist

“Blooms on the South Texas Sand Sheet,” by C.M. Rich, Texas Master Naturalist

“Loeflingia Squarrosa” by C. M. Rich, Texas Master Naturalist

“Cochineal Gallery” by C. M. Rich, Texas Master Naturalist

“Cochineal: The Rest of My Story,” by C. M. Rich, Texas Master Naturalist