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Category: Insecta

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

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

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

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

Sirex varipes

October 7, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

When I first saw this wasp resting on a Western Hemlock (which I might not have even noticed if I…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Hymenoptera (Wasps, Ants, Bees), Plants, Sirex, Siricidae, Species Profiles

Vanessa virginiensis (American Lady)

October 3, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I am very thrilled to have finally found this butterfly, although when I finally sighted one near the crest of…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Nymphalidae, Species Profiles, Vanessa Filed under: American Lady, Vanessa virginiensis

Gabriola dyari (Dyar’s Looper)

September 29, 2022 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

Those of you who read the ‘eaten by’ section of these profiles may have noticed that Gabriola dyari has been in every…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Gabriola, Geometridae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Species Profiles Filed under: Dyar's Looper, Gabriola dyari

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