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Category: Coleoptera (Beetles)

Pidonia scripta

November 5, 2022 Dan Nelson 5 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

Cryptorhynchus lapathi (Poplar-and-willow Borer)

January 2, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I just never get to see enough dung imitating bugs, and the ones that imitate bird poop, like the weevil…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Cryptorhynchus, Curculionidae (True Weevils), Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: Cryptorhynchus lapathi, Poplar-and-willow Borer

Ocypus olens (Devil’s Coach Horse)

December 20, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

One of my favorite critters to find whilst on the clock was Ocypus olens, the Devil’s Coach Horse. I fact…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Ocypus, Plants, Species Profiles, Staphylinidae Filed under: Devil's Coach Horse, Ocypus olens

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