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2 of these parasites reared out of this nest.

Moscow mountain

Where mating Perdita were found, plus a few more spotted.

Tujunga Wash North
I'm thinking this is a nest of some sort...on sagebrush

Mud nest found on stems in Scalebroom. West of west end of lake.

I'm certain of the ID because I watched a female building the nest.

This is one of an ongoing time series of observations of this nest: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/110245478

thought it was a fossil at first, but I think it's a beehive?

This observation is for the mud nest, upper right

Wasp nest. Brown objects in one of the pipes is iris seeds that fell in from above.

Closing up nest with resin in bee hotel.
Seems to be using resin.