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Author: Dan Nelson

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura ssp. meridionalis)

July 27, 2022 Dan Nelson 11 Comments

I really wasn’t sure I’d ever end up doing a Turkey Vulture (TV in birding shorthand) profile, and not because…

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Posted in: Animals, Aves (Birds), Cathartes, Cathartidae, Cathartiformes, Chordata, Species Profiles Filed under: Cathartes aura ssp. meridionalis, Turkey Vulture

Cicindela oregona (Western Tiger Beetles)

July 25, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

On one of my recent outings with my nbo we were up on the NF Toutle River. Morgan had stepped…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cicindela, Cicindelidae, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Cicindela oregona, Western Tiger Beetle

Microvelia sp., subgenus Kirkaldya

July 23, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I was fishing on Canyon Creek in Clark County, Washington when I found these, the same day I encountered the…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Gerromorpha, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Microvelia, Species Profiles, Veliidae Filed under: Microvelia, subgenus Kirkaldya

Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

July 21, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

This is my favorite lupine, mostly because it is one of the two lupines that I can identify on sight…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Fabaceae (Legumes), Fabales, Lupinus, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Dwarf Lupine, Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii

Ectopsocus californicus

July 19, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

These are barklice, and it is a new order (Psocodea- barklice, booklice, and parasitic lice) for these profiles. And no,…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Ectopsocidae, Ectopsocus, Insecta, Plants, Psocodea, Species Profiles Filed under: Ectopsocus californicus

Juncus effusus ssp. effusus

July 17, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

So, I got lucky with my first attempt at identifying a rush, because Juncus effusus (also known as pasture rush, soft rush,…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Juncaceae, Juncus, Monocots, Plants, Poales, Species Profiles

Anasa tristis

July 15, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This true bug in the family Coreidae was a great find for me, but maybe not such a great thing…

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Posted in: Anasa, Animals, Arthropoda, Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs), Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: Anasa tristis

Cortodera longicornis

July 13, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

There are two types of profiles that take awhile to write. Species where there is an abundance of information about…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles), Coleoptera (Beetles), Cortodera, Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles

Moehringia macrophylla (Big-leaf Sandwort)

July 11, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I first noticed this plant while wandering around with a headlamp waiting for bugs to show up at my lights…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Caryophyllaceae, Caryophyllales, Eudicots, Moehringia, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Big-leaf Sandwort, Moehringia macrophylla

Papilio rutulus (Western Tiger Swallowtails)

July 9, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

The majority of the butterflies in this post were seen on the summer solstice, near the Columbia River, outside Kalama,…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Papilio, Papilionidae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Papilio rutulus, Western Tiger Swallowtails

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