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Category: Insecta

Namunaria pacifica

October 31, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

These little ironclad beetles in the family Zopheridae (cylindrical bark beetles) do not have a common name. I found them…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Namunaria, Species Profiles, Zopheridae Filed under: Namunaria pacifica

Carabus nemoralis (European Ground Beetle)

October 19, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

I love flipping a log or rock and finding these large beetles in the family Carabidae (which are also sometimes…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Carabidae, Carabus, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Carabus nemoralis, European Ground Beetle

Gryllus pennsylvanicus (Fall Field Cricket)

October 11, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

I’ve been avoiding doing any field cricket posts because there are many species and they are difficult to tell apart.…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Grullidae, Gryllidae, Gryllus, Insecta, Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their allies), Species Profiles Filed under: Fall Field Cricket, Gryllus pennsylvanicus

Cicindela repanda ssp.repanda (Bronzed Tiger Beetle)

October 3, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

According to a paper (Duran/Gough;2020) that came out last year and cited molecular data, tiger beetles are no longer a…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cicindela, Cicindelidae, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: Bronzed Tiger Beetle, Cicindela repanda

Tyria jacobaeae (Cinnabar Moth)

October 1, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

These beautiful moths in the family Erebidae are not native to our continent. Instead they were imported as biocontrol for…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Erebidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles, Tyria Filed under: Cinnabar Moths, Tyria jacobaeae

Clogmia albipunctata

September 28, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

First off, I apologize to anyone who wondered what happened to me for the past 2 weeks. I have been…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Clogmia, Diptera (Flies), Insecta, Psychodidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Clogmia albipunctata

Gazoryctra mathewi (Mathew’s Ghost Moth)

September 11, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

Getting dressed for work one morning last week I spied my TG 5 camera on the edge of my dresser,…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Gazoryctra, Hepialidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Gazoryctra mathewi, Mathew's Ghost Moth

Xestia xanthographa (Square-spot Rustic Moth)

September 4, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

This distinctive and handsome Noctuid moth is a Eurasian import that was first found in North America in the Portland,…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Noctuidae, Species Profiles, Xestia Filed under: Square-spot Rustic Moth, Xestia xanthographa

Bembix americana

September 1, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

Proving the adage that habitat is where you find it, I found these very cool members of the wasp family…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Bembix, Crabronidae, Hymenoptera (Wasps, Ants, Bees), Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: Bembix americana

Rhagoletis completa (Walnut Husk Fly)

August 25, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

This is a striking and colorful member of the family Tephritidae, the true fruit flies, as opposed to the tiny…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Diptera (Flies), Rhagoletis, Species Profiles, Tephritidae (True Fruit Flies) Filed under: Rhagoletis completa, Walnut Husk Fly

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