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Category: Arthropoda

Pristoceuthophilus celatus

January 28, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I cannot be absolutely positive that this camel cricket, (family Rhaphidophoridae) which I found under a chunk of bark in…

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Posted in: Animals, Ensifera, Insecta, Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their allies), Plants, Pristoceuthophilus, Rhaphidophoridae, Species Profiles Filed under: Pristoceuthophilus celatus

Hemigrapsus nudus (Purple Shore Crab)

January 18, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

I love purple shore crabs! I never get tired of watching their sideways scuttle among cobblestones of the intertidal zone,…

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Posted in: Animals, Crustaceans, Decapoda (Crabs, lobsters, shrimp etc), Hemigrapsus, Malacostraca (Crabs, shrimp, lobsters etc), Plants, Species Profiles, Varunidae Filed under: Hemigrapsus nudus, Purple Shore Crab

Zelus tetracanthus (4-spurred Assassin Bug)

January 13, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

It’s really obvious how much my life has changed during my 13 years of sobriety when I say that the…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Reduviidae, Species Profiles, Zelus Filed under: 4-spurred Assassin Bug, Zelus tetracanthus

Uroctonus mordax

December 19, 2022 Dan Nelson 7 Comments

There were many moments of discovery on my trip to sw Oregon, many moments of joy and wonder, many ‘Yeehaw!’…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Arthropoda, Chactidae, Plants, Scorpiones, Species Profiles, Uroctonus, Uroctonus, Vaejovidae Filed under: Uroctonus mordax, Western Forest Scorpion

Parcoblatta americana (Western Wood Cockroach)

December 3, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

The best critters that I personally found on my day of exploring with Sam McNally (although he did find the…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Blattodea, Ectobiidae, Insecta, Parcoblatta, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Parcoblatta americana, Western Wood Cockroach

Ischnocybe plicata

November 21, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

Finding these beautiful pink millipedes was the primary motivation for visiting the Medford area on my recent adventure, and, as…

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Posted in: Andrognathidae, Animals, Arthropoda, Diplopoda (Millipedes), Ischnocybe, Plants, Platydesmida, Species Profiles Filed under: Ischnocybe plicata

Pidonia scripta

November 5, 2022 Dan Nelson 9 Comments

This is the last thing I’ll be posting for the next ten days or so. I’m heading off to s…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles), Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Pidonia, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Pidonia scripta

Ortholeptura valida

October 21, 2022 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

For a lepturine longhorn beetle (family Cerambycidae) that is supposedly common (I’ve found Ortholeptura valida before, one watershed to the west from…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles), Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Ortholeptura, Ortholeptura, Species Profiles Filed under: Ortholeptura valida

Andropolia aedon

October 13, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This handsome noctuid moth was a new one for me, although I’m slightly surprised that I hadn’t seen it before…

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

Aphrophora sp., subgenus Plesiommata

October 11, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This spittlebug showed up at my lights when I was camping near a wet meadow in Skamania County, Washington. I…

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Posted in: Animals, Aphrophora, Aphrophoridae, Arthropoda, Auchenorrhyncha, Hemiptera, Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Aphrophora sp., subgenus Plesiommata

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