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Author: Dan Nelson

Gloeophyllum sepiarium

January 11, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

This is an interesting, and interesting looking, fungi, a seeming polypore with gills rather than pores, though genetic testing has…

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Posted in: Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota, Fungi, Gloeophyllaceae, Gloeophyllales, Gloeophyllum, Species Profiles Filed under: Gloeophyllum sepiarium

Phobetus comatus

January 9, 2022 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

Here is another ‘blast from the past’, rediscovered during my organization of old photos, a handsome species of scarab beetle…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Phobetus, Plants, Scarabaeidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Phobetus comatus

Pteridium aquilinum (Bracken Fern)

January 8, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

So, here is part three of my series on distinguishing between some of the large pinnate ferns of our region.…

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Posted in: Dennstaedtiaceae, Plants, Polypodiales, Polypodiophyta, Polypodiopsida, Pteridium, Species Profiles, Tracheophytes Filed under: Bracken Fern, Pteridium aquilinum

Dryopteris expansa

January 7, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This is part 2 of my 3 part series on large, pinnate ferns commonly found in proximity to each other…

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Posted in: Dryopteridaceae, Dryopteris, Plants, Polypodiales, Polypodiophyta, Polypodiopsida, Species Profiles, Tracheophytes Filed under: Dryopteris expansa

Athyrium filix-femina (Lady Fern)

January 6, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

Over the next few days I’ll be doing comparison profiles for 3 large, pinnate ferns that are commonly found in…

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Posted in: Athyriaceae, Athyrium, Plants, Polypodiales, Polypodiophyta, Polypodiopsida, Species Profiles, Tracheophytes Filed under: Athyrium filix-femina, Lady Ferns

Hymenaphorura cocklei (Golden Snowflea)

January 5, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

So, let’s just get this out of the way first: Golden Snowfleas are not fleas (class Insecta, order Siphonaptera). They…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Collembola, Hymenaphorura, Onychiuridae, Plants, Poduromorpha, Species Profiles Filed under: Golden Snowflea, Hymenaphorura cocklei

Cryptorhynchus lapathi (Poplar-and-willow Borer)

January 2, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I just never get to see enough dung imitating bugs, and the ones that imitate bird poop, like the weevil…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Cryptorhynchus, Curculionidae (True Weevils), Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: Cryptorhynchus lapathi, Poplar-and-willow Borer

Givira cornelia

January 1, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

For a variety of reasons, most of which have, in some manner, to do with ‘clearing the decks for action’…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cossidae, Givira, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Species Profiles Filed under: Givira cornelia

Mareca strepera (Gadwalls)

December 24, 2021 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I am very fond of Gadwalls for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is their ease of…

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Posted in: Anatidae, Animals, Anseriformes, Aves (Birds), Chordata, Mareca, Species Profiles

Brochymena affinis

December 22, 2021 Dan Nelson 8 Comments

This stink bug (Pentatomidae) in the genus Brochymena (rough stink bugs) represents the end of an era, because it is…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Brochymena, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Pentatomidae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Brochymena affinis

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