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Author: Dan Nelson

Lacinipolia patalis

June 17, 2021 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This little Noctuid was the only lifer moth I found in two night of mothing at Kelly Rupp’s along Willapa…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lacinipolia, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Noctuidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Lacinipolia patalis

Pleuropogon refractus (Nodding Semaphoregrass)

June 16, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

Last Sunday I made the leap and took a grass workshop with Cindy Roché (co-author of the wonderful book “Field…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Monocots, Plants, Pleuropogon, Poaceae, Poales, Species Profiles Filed under: Nodding Semaphoregrass, Pleuropogon refractus

Omus dejeanii (Greater Night-stalking Tiger Beetle)

June 14, 2021 Dan Nelson 11 Comments

 I was very excited to find another member of the genus Omus while running lights for moths at Kelly Rupp’s…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cicindelidae, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Omus, Species Profiles Filed under: Greater Night-stalking Tiger Beetle, Omus dejeanii

Gaultheria shallon (Salal)

June 12, 2021 Dan Nelson 11 Comments

Salal may be the first wild shrub I ever learned to identify. It was pointed out and named to me…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Ericaceae (Heathers), Ericales, Eudicots, Gaultheria, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Gaultheria shallon, Salal

Sabulodes aegrotata

June 11, 2021 Dan Nelson 10 Comments

These members of the family Geometridae earned their occasional common name of omnivorous looper because they feed from the foliage…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Geometridae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Sabulodes, Species Profiles Filed under: Omnivorous Looper Moth, Sabulodes aegrotata

Castilleja ambigua

June 10, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

This was the native plant of the trip to Long Beach Peninsula last weekend, a plant that not only had…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Castilleja, Eudicots, Lamiales, Orobanchaceae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Castilleja ambigua, Johnny-nip, Salt Marsh Owl Clover

Caripeta divisata (Grey Spruce Looper Moth)

June 9, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

I was kind of thrilled to actually find this moth (family Geometridae) in an area that contained its eponymous spruces…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Caripeta, Geometridae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Caripeta divisata (Grey Spruce Looper Moth)

Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica (Pacific Silverweed)

June 8, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

I don’t usually post a subspecies as a profile, but the genus Potentilla is in flux. Pacific silverweed was a…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Plants, Potentilla, Rosaceae, Rosales, Species Profiles Filed under: Pacific Silverweed, Potentilla anserina ssp. pacifica

Lophocampa maculata (Spotted Tussock Moth)

June 7, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

One of the unexpected pleasures of having this website has been meeting people I otherwise wouldn’t have known. Such is…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Erebidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Lothocampa, Species Profiles Filed under: Lophocampa maculata, Spotted Tussock Moth

Circaea alpina

Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This delicate little member of the willowherb/evening primrose family (Onagraceae) is called enchanter’s nightshade, small enchanter’s nightshade, and alpine enchanter’s…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Circaea, Eudicots, Myrtales, Onagraceae (Willowherbs and Evening Primroses), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Circaea alpina, Small Enchanters Nightshade

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