Skip to content
10,000 Things of the Pacific Northwest
Adventures of a Recreational Naturalist
  • Mission Statement
  • How to use this site
  • Blogs
  • Species Profiles
    • Animals
    • Plants
  • Location Logs
  • Galleries

Category: Insecta

Cisseps fulvicollis (Yellow-collared Scape Moth)

August 4, 2022 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

Due to a variety of reasons, mostly having to do with general laziness and a desire to spend the hours…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cisseps, Erebidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Cisseps fulvicollis, Yellow-collared Scape Moth

Anthrax irroratus

August 2, 2022 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

This is the other cool bug I found a few days ago based on Craig Sondergaard’s tip. I only got…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Animals, Anthrax, Arthropoda, Bombyliidae, Diptera (Flies), Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: Anthrax irroratus

Isodontia elegans (Elegant Grass Carrying Wasp)

Dan Nelson 9 Comments

I want to thank my friend Craig Sondergaard for this profile. He still works medical transportation, the same job I…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Hymenoptera (Wasps, Ants, Bees), Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles, Sphecidae Filed under: Elegant Grass Carrying Wasp, Isodontia elegans

Leucorrhinia intacta (Dot-tailed Whiteface)

July 31, 2022 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

On my way back from Mt. St. Helens a couple weeks ago I stopped at Seaquest SP in Cowlitz County,…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Animals, Anisoptera (Dragonflies), Arthropoda, Insecta, Leucorrhinia, Libellulidae (Skimmers and their kin), Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies), Species Profiles Filed under: Dot-tailed Whiteface, Leucorrhinia intacta (Dot-tailed Whiteface)

Cicindela oregona (Western Tiger Beetles)

July 25, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

On one of my recent outings with my nbo we were up on the NF Toutle River. Morgan had stepped…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cicindela, Cicindelidae, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Cicindela oregona, Western Tiger Beetle

Microvelia sp., subgenus Kirkaldya

July 23, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I was fishing on Canyon Creek in Clark County, Washington when I found these, the same day I encountered the…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Gerromorpha, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Microvelia, Species Profiles, Veliidae Filed under: Microvelia, subgenus Kirkaldya

Ectopsocus californicus

July 19, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

These are barklice, and it is a new order (Psocodea- barklice, booklice, and parasitic lice) for these profiles. And no,…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Ectopsocidae, Ectopsocus, Insecta, Plants, Psocodea, Species Profiles Filed under: Ectopsocus californicus

Anasa tristis

July 15, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This true bug in the family Coreidae was a great find for me, but maybe not such a great thing…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Anasa, Animals, Arthropoda, Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs), Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: Anasa tristis

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…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles), Coleoptera (Beetles), Cortodera, Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles

Papilio rutulus (Western Tiger Swallowtails)

July 9, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

The majority of the butterflies in this post were seen on the summer solstice, near the Columbia River, outside Kalama,…

Continue Reading →

Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Papilio, Papilionidae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Papilio rutulus, Western Tiger Swallowtails

Post navigation

Page 11 of 28
← Previous 1 … 10 11 12 … 28 Next →

Categories

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Recent Comments

  • Ernie on Myathropa florea
  • Dan Nelson on Monadenia fidelis (Pacific Sideband Snail)
  • Leslie T on Monadenia fidelis (Pacific Sideband Snail)
  • Dan Nelson on Phacelia nemoralis 
  • Alexa IRL on Phacelia nemoralis 

Recent Posts

  • Hemeroplanis historialis
  • Tetragnatha caudata
  • Hyptiotes gertschi
  • Steatoda triangulosa
  • Cosmia praeacuta
Copyright © 2025 10,000 Things of the Pacific Northwest — Escapade WordPress theme by GoDaddy