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Category: Coleoptera (Beetles)

Podabrus conspiratus

June 3, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This is the handsome soldier beetle that I mentioned coming to my lights in the blog ‘First Mothing Trip of…

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Posted in: Animals, Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles), Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Podabrus, Species Profiles Filed under: Podabrus conspiratus

Cychrus tuberculatus (Tuberculate Rare Snail-eating Beetle)

May 26, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This carabid beetle was yet another great find by my grandson Lee on our trip to the confluence of the…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Carabidae, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Cychrus tuberculatus, Tuberculate Rare Snail-eating Beetle

Pidonia scripta

November 5, 2022 Dan Nelson 10 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

Zacotus matthewsii

September 17, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

It’s really too bad that the common name listed for this carabid beetle in Pacific Northwest Insects does not appear…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Carabidae, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Species Profiles, Zacotus Filed under: Zacotus matthewsii

Cicindela oregona (Western Tiger Beetles)

July 25, 2022 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

On one of my recent outings with my nbo we were up on the NF Toutle River. Morgan had stepped…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cicindela, Cicindelidae, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Cicindela oregona, Western Tiger Beetle

Cortodera longicornis

July 13, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

There are two types of profiles that take awhile to write. Species where there is an abundance of information about…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles), Coleoptera (Beetles), Cortodera, Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles

Odonteus obesus

June 19, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I was excited to have two male (though no female) Odonteus obesus come to my lights whilst mothing on the…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Geotrupidae, Insecta, Odonteus, Species Profiles Filed under: Odonteus obesus

Selatosomus suckleyi

June 15, 2022 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

The fact that this is my first click beetle (Elateridae) profile is much more revealing about my laziness in identification…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Elateridae, Insecta, Plants, Selatosomus, Species Profiles Filed under: Selatosomus suckleyi

Phobetus comatus

January 9, 2022 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

Here is another ‘blast from the past’, rediscovered during my organization of old photos, a handsome species of scarab beetle…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Phobetus, Plants, Scarabaeidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Phobetus comatus

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