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Category: Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies)

Callophrys gryneus (Juniper Hairstreak)

June 20, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

The taxonomy of species presently considered to be in the genus Callophrys is in flux. In fact it’s kind of…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Callophrys, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Lycaenidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Callophrys gryneus, Juniper Hairstreak

Lacinipolia patalis

June 17, 2021 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This little Noctuid was the only lifer moth I found in two night of mothing at Kelly Rupp’s along Willapa…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lacinipolia, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Noctuidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Lacinipolia patalis

Sabulodes aegrotata

June 11, 2021 Dan Nelson 10 Comments

These members of the family Geometridae earned their occasional common name of omnivorous looper because they feed from the foliage…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Geometridae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Sabulodes, Species Profiles Filed under: Omnivorous Looper Moth, Sabulodes aegrotata

Caripeta divisata (Grey Spruce Looper Moth)

June 9, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

I was kind of thrilled to actually find this moth (family Geometridae) in an area that contained its eponymous spruces…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Caripeta, Geometridae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Caripeta divisata (Grey Spruce Looper Moth)

Lophocampa maculata (Spotted Tussock Moth)

June 7, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

One of the unexpected pleasures of having this website has been meeting people I otherwise wouldn’t have known. Such is…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Erebidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Lothocampa, Species Profiles Filed under: Lophocampa maculata, Spotted Tussock Moth

Hyalophora euryalus (Ceanothus Silkmoth)

June 3, 2021 Dan Nelson 9 Comments

The first time I found one of these members of the family Saturnidae was last April on a road trip…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Hyalophora, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Saturnidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Ceanothus Silkmoth, Hyalophora euryalus

Polygonia faunus (Green Comma)

May 31, 2021 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

I love the members of the butterfly family Nymphalidae, but I struggle with identification of its species. This is particularly…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Nymphalidae, Polygonia, Species Profiles Filed under: Green Comma, Polygonia faunus

Drepana arcuata (Arched Hooktip Moth)

May 21, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

It is always a treat to find these members of the family Drepanidae, with their distinctive and unusual hooked forewings…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Drepana, Drepanidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Species Profiles Filed under: Arched Hooktip, Drepana arcuata

Sphinx chersis (Great Ash Sphinx Moth)

May 15, 2021 Dan Nelson 8 Comments

 These were unquestionably the moths of the night on my trip to the McKenzie River, having never seen Sphinx chersis…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Species Profiles, Sphingidae, Sphinx Filed under: Sphinx chersis (Great Ash Sphinx Moth)

Zale lunata (Lunate Zale Moth)

May 13, 2021 Dan Nelson 7 Comments

When I was at Mike and Sue’s, in the midst of the charred landscape of the Holiday Farm fire, they…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Erebidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Species Profiles, Zale Filed under: Lunate Zale, Zale lunata

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