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Author: Dan Nelson

Dysstroma citrata (Dark Marbled Carpet Moth)

June 5, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This is the pretty, colorful geometrid moth I mentioned in ‘First mothing trip of the year, Dysstroma citrata (the dark marbled carpet…

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Posted in: Animals, Dysstroma, Geometridae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Dark Marbled Carpet Moth, Dysstroma citrata, Northern Marbled Carpet Moth

Dodecatheon dentatum (White Shooting Star)

June 4, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I did end up going trout fishing up at Canyon Creek in nw Clark County, Washington, on opening day, but…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Dodecatheon, Ericales, Eudicots, Plants, Primulaceae, Species Profiles Filed under: Dodecatheon dentatum, White Shooting Star

Podabrus conspiratus

June 3, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This is the handsome soldier beetle that I mentioned coming to my lights in the blog ‘First Mothing Trip of…

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Posted in: Animals, Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles), Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Podabrus, Species Profiles Filed under: Podabrus conspiratus

First mothing trip of the year

June 2, 2023 Dan Nelson 9 Comments

It’s been hard for me to get started with this years mothing. First there was Pam’s convalescence, then just the…

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Posted in: Blogs Filed under: Mothing, Running lights, UV lights for invertebrtes

Maianthemum dilatatum

Dan Nelson 2 Comments

Maianthemum dilatatum is not a spectacular wildflower by itself, though they are certainly a pretty one. But large patches of them,…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asparagaceae, Asparagales, Maianthemum, Monocots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Bead lily, False lily-of-the-valley, Maianthemum dilatatum, May lily

Allogona townsendiana (Oregon Forest Snail)

June 1, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

These snails were some of the other cool finds from my trip to the confluence of the Green/NF Toutle rivers…

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Posted in: Allogona, Animals, Eupulmonata, Gastropoda, Mollusca, Plants, Polygyridae, Species Profiles, Stylommatophora Filed under: Allogona townsendiana, Oregon Forest Snail

Equisetum telmateia (Giant Horsetail)

May 31, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I love the texture that the branched horsetails give to the areas that they inhabit, but I’ve been reluctant to…

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Posted in: Equisetaceae, Equisetales, Equisetum, Plants, Polypodiophyta, Polypodiopsida, Species Profiles Filed under: Equisetum telmateia, Giant Horsetail

Plathemis lydia (Common Whitetail)

May 30, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

As I mentioned in ‘Evolution of a Recreational Naturalist – 10,000 Things of the Pacific Northwest ‘, it was finding a…

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Posted in: Animals, Anisoptera (Dragonflies), Insecta, Libellulidae (Skimmers and their kin), Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies), Species Profiles Filed under: Common Whitetail, Plathemis lydia (Common Whitetail)

Dichelostemma congestum (Ookow)

May 29, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I don’t get out on nature walks with my dad very often, because I try not to inflict my inveterate…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asparagaceae, Asparagales, Dichelostemma, Monocots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Dichelostemma congestum, Fork-tooth Ookow, Ookow

Raglius alboacuminatus

May 28, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This small, handsome member of the family Rhyparochromidae (dirt-colored seed bugs) is apparently sometimes called a tuxedo bug, which seems…

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Posted in: Animals, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Plants, Raglius, Rhyparochromidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Raglius alboacuminatus, Tuxedo Bug

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