It’s really too bad that the common name listed for this carabid beetle in Pacific Northwest Insects does not appear…
On one of my recent outings with my nbo we were up on the NF Toutle River. Morgan had stepped…
There are two types of profiles that take awhile to write. Species where there is an abundance of information about…
I was excited to have two male (though no female) Odonteus obesus come to my lights whilst mothing on the…
The fact that this is my first click beetle (Elateridae) profile is much more revealing about my laziness in identification…
Here is another ‘blast from the past’, rediscovered during my organization of old photos, a handsome species of scarab beetle…
I just never get to see enough dung imitating bugs, and the ones that imitate bird poop, like the weevil…
One of my favorite critters to find whilst on the clock was Ocypus olens, the Devil’s Coach Horse. I fact…
This big carabid beetle taxa is probably the only Pterostichus I’ll ever be able to identify in the field, because…
In spite of (okay, let’s be honest- at least in part because of) their disgusting lifestyle, I kind of love…