This is the last thing I’ll be posting for the next ten days or so. I’m heading off to s…
For a lepturine longhorn beetle (family Cerambycidae) that is supposedly common (I’ve found Ortholeptura valida before, one watershed to the west from…
This handsome noctuid moth was a new one for me, although I’m slightly surprised that I hadn’t seen it before…
This spittlebug showed up at my lights when I was camping near a wet meadow in Skamania County, Washington. I…
When I first saw this wasp resting on a Western Hemlock (which I might not have even noticed if I…
I am very thrilled to have finally found this butterfly, although when I finally sighted one near the crest of…
Those of you who read the ‘eaten by’ section of these profiles may have noticed that Gabriola dyari has been in every…
Ever since I found the invasive bush katydid Phaneroptera nana I’ve been on the lookout for these native Scudderia, but until a few weeks…
Back in mid-August, as I was ascending the stairs to our apartment, I spotted a green stinkbug on one of…
It’s really too bad that the common name listed for this carabid beetle in Pacific Northwest Insects does not appear…