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…
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…