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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 8 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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