This beautiful Noctuid moth is another one that, like the Ecliptopera silaceata that I recently profiled, ranges throughout the temperate…
I have a special fondness for these sharply marked moths. Though they are superficially similar to several medium sized geometrids,…
This beautiful erebid moth is the only member of the genus Pyrrharctia. It’s larvae are the common banded wooly bear…
For my 300th species profile I decided to go with something that I last found last spring. The reason I…
On our recent trip recent trip into the Cascades I indulged in a bit of photography gluttony and used up…
For the 4th of July weekend I went camping/mothing with my friend Craig Sondergaard and his grandson William. Our destination…
Well, I finally found an easy-to-identify flower fly (family Syrphidae). There is simply nothing else that looks like a well…
During this hot weather (3 consecutive days of all time record highs in the Vancouver/Portland metro area) I have finally…
Yesterday was very hot in the PNW (all time records falling everywhere; and today is forecast to be hotter), so…
I am very fond of these beetles for a variety of reasons. Not only are they rather beautiful to look…