I had never identified this pretty but easily overlooked member of the family Rosaceae, which goes by the common names…
I was excited to finally find this lichen, often known by the common name of brown-eyed wolf lichen, two weeks…
I am very fond of these beetles for a variety of reasons. Not only are they rather beautiful to look…
I have a confession to make. Not only am I not good with the members of Asteraceae, I often don’t…
It is always a pleasure to find these little Noctuids, but it is not a rare one. They have surprised…
Woohoo! I identified my first grass! It is a European introduction, and was probably planted nearby, but this specimen was…
The taxonomy of species presently considered to be in the genus Callophrys is in flux. In fact it’s kind of…
This rather spectacular member of the phlox family (Polemoniaceae) also goes by the names of western sky-pilot, western polemonium, and…
They say these big scarab beetles (family Scarabaeidae) will hiss at you, but I’ve never had that pleasure, though one…
Rhododendrons (and their congeneric cousins azaleas) are widespread, approaching ubiquity, in the cultivated landscapes of our region, although I much…