Behold this whopping boozer, lost in the burbling sauce #sapweep25

Happy hour at the sap weep, everyone try to ignore the hornet #sapweep25

The sap weep today is like being at an alien watering hole complete with local lumbering behemoths, winged giants, and slime-dwelling tentacular horrors #sapweep25

Incredible succession at the sap weep, the Eastern cicada killers are here including some *massive* females 😱 (imagine being those butterflies…) #sapweep25

A bit of rain yesterday reopened the tap at the sap weep, let’s gooo #sapweep25

Quiet at the sap weep these days, it’s been dry. But I did commune with this hungry and docile bald-faced hornet 🤍🖤 #sapweep25

Our nearby Siberian elms are in rough shape, weeping sap each summer. The sap weep is a bonanza for insects, which become incredibly docile and can be closely approached. 🔬 I’ll update this thread throughout the season—for now, please welcome our first arrivals, the hackberry emperors! #sapweep25