I think it is just too dry. There has not been enough rain in San Antonio for wild flowers and flowering weeds to grow and support insects. I don't have any pollinators either.

Ok well that makes me feel better. Thank you Roselee 😊

Absolutely agree with Miss Rose!

I'm in central TX, and I have a passionflower vine that gets completely destroyed every year by Gulf Frit caterpillars (they eat it down to the ground), but so far this year, there hasn't been a single sighting of *anything.* I told my husband a few days ago, that I'm concerned about starting veggie seeds this fall, if we continue to not see any pollinators.

Even the wasps aren't out and about much.

Hell, I have had ONE mosquito! ...and he died on my arm.

I’m not seeing many, just a few bees (Carpenter, I think) on my portulaca. That’s it. I’m in D/FW.

No one on my Salvias, Abelias, Lantana, etc etc. I’ve never experienced this ghost town feel in any yard I’ve ever had before.

I wish this heat/drought would stop the $#&* Armadillos from destroying my lawn.

Even though the temperature has not been that high for the last couple of weeks ... 99 and that's cool for a Texas summer; there's something different about the feel of the atmosphere. It weighs heavily -- seems oppressive. Anyone else notice that or is it just me?

I agree, roselee. It’s been triple digits up here, and for the first time in my life, I cannot be outside in it. I get a terrible pounding headache within minutes, and it lasts for hours. It’s like a type of pressure or something. It’s just miserable! I’m so tired of the scorching sun.

I just saw bees on my squash while watering the vegetable garden. IT reminded me of the 12' flower stalk that my blue sotol put up that was gang raped by at least on entire hive of bees. The column was vibrating like an engine , crawling with bees and their pollen luggage. Impressive. All is quiet now. Not many flowers to attract the guys.

We are at 94º- 99º. So far only two 100º days. It has been fairly hummid for being so hot. The good thing is that we have had no squash vine bores this year. I try to look at the possitives. I still have water in my tanks. The bugs are minimal. and the AC works.

I need to get out and trim some oaks off the power lines but darn it is in the morning sun side of the oak and the afternoon shade is hot no matter what.

Agree, the heat is extremely oppressive. I did see a bee the other day but that’s it. Weather forecast is no rain in sight

I see enough bees, so bee pollination isn't an issue. My squash, cukes, and melons are going bananas. But because of the intense heat in May, I lost ALL of my spring tomatoes. Tomatoes can't self-pollinate when it gets too hot, because the pollen gets sticky, and May is prime pollination time. First time that ever happened to me.

I put mine in early and I did get a lot of tomatoes but then the heat struck and they did not enlarge . They are not setting now except for a few cherries and the jullietes and Stupice tomatoes but I don't see them putting on size.

Here in Arlington I have only a couple of bees on most days, no birds, no butterflies, and not even squirrels. I've seen no caterpillars on my passion vines. For the last few years, gulf fritillary caterpillars have decimated the passion vines so much so they have not bloomed in 3-4 years. My tomatoes were started early and have a few tomatoes on the vines but not like years past. Even with being watered twice a day, some plants are just burning up from the heat. It seems like this will may be a repeat of 2011.

I am providing water in 4 places on my property and feeding the birds in 5 places. They are still rading the cat bowls. So is the neighborhoof fox. Yes it definitely is like 2011 but so far not as bad. I have leaves on my oaks. In 2011, they never quite grew in and then stationed themselves up and down not horizontally. We still have some shade . It is brighter. I have hints of green in the wild bunch grass . It was gone in 2011. We are at the beginning of the summer . It is bad but not as bad....at least here in Dripping Springs.