The first time I ever found these pretty little blues was on a Father’s Day weekend camping trip to Big…
The breeze I encountered when I got back to the South Prairie area after leaving Lost Creek promised a welcome respite from…
While Apocynum androsaemifolium does attract insects from several different orders, it is as a nectar plant for lepidoptera that it really shines.…
People who call Four-spotted skimmers dull colored have obviously never seen fresh ones. They are not flashy, but they are…
Last Tuesday I made my first trip of the year to the South Prairie area, in the Gifford Pinchot NF…
This native shrub has been eluding my observation for years, because I either just didn’t notice it because it wasn’t…
When I was sitting on my stool alongside the Burnt Bridge Creek trail trying to identify the Phacelia nemoralis that I recently…
When in bloom this is the most readily identifiable hedge nettle in our region, because the flowers are much larger…
Here is a link that will allow anyone who is still interested in listening to my appearance on Dina Pavlis’…
I found this handsome member of the family Erebidae on the same trip to the Vancouver Lake bottoms that I…