This is the pretty, colorful geometrid moth I mentioned in ‘First mothing trip of the year, Dysstroma citrata (the dark marbled carpet…
I did end up going trout fishing up at Canyon Creek in nw Clark County, Washington, on opening day, but…
This is the handsome soldier beetle that I mentioned coming to my lights in the blog ‘First Mothing Trip of…
It’s been hard for me to get started with this years mothing. First there was Pam’s convalescence, then just the…
Maianthemum dilatatum is not a spectacular wildflower by itself, though they are certainly a pretty one. But large patches of them,…
These snails were some of the other cool finds from my trip to the confluence of the Green/NF Toutle rivers…
I love the texture that the branched horsetails give to the areas that they inhabit, but I’ve been reluctant to…
As I mentioned in ‘Evolution of a Recreational Naturalist – 10,000 Things of the Pacific Northwest ‘, it was finding a…
I don’t get out on nature walks with my dad very often, because I try not to inflict my inveterate…
This small, handsome member of the family Rhyparochromidae (dirt-colored seed bugs) is apparently sometimes called a tuxedo bug, which seems…