The first time I ever saw an Apantesis ornata (ornate tiger moth) was on a Father’s Day weekend camping trip to Big…
I apologize to all of my subscribers because I somehow failed to add photos to the blog ‘Researching a Profile’.…
Like Ulex europaeus (Gorse) and Rubus bifrons (Himalayan Blackberry), Oplopanax horridus (devil’s club) is one of nature’s ’Keep Out’ signs. As Tom Heutte eloquently…
I decided to write this blog because, at only 558 species, it is quite likely that many folks will find…
There were at least 3 of these handsome little geometrid moths that visited my lights last Tuesday. They are a…
So, this plant is an example of a particularly egregious and embarrassing misidentification from the dawn of my interest in…
Oddly, since it is apparently quite a common moth, and its primary larval host of Cornus sericea (red-osier dogwood) is also a…
This member of the family Rhamnaceae, which goes by the common names Oregon tea tree, redstem ceanothus, redstem wild lilac,…
As I mentioned in ‘A Trip to Canyon Creek’ I had no idea of what this was when I encountered it.…
Anemone deltoidea apparently sometimes goes by the common names 3-leaf anemone and western white anemone, but I’ve always called it Columbia…