This beautiful erebid moth is the only member of the genus Pyrrharctia. It’s larvae are the common banded wooly bear…
On our recent trip recent trip into the Cascades I indulged in a bit of photography gluttony and used up…
For the 4th of July weekend I went camping/mothing with my friend Craig Sondergaard and his grandson William. Our destination…
Well, I finally found an easy-to-identify flower fly (family Syrphidae). There is simply nothing else that looks like a well…
During this hot weather (3 consecutive days of all time record highs in the Vancouver/Portland metro area) I have finally…
Yesterday was very hot in the PNW (all time records falling everywhere; and today is forecast to be hotter), so…
I am very fond of these beetles for a variety of reasons. Not only are they rather beautiful to look…
It is always a pleasure to find these little Noctuids, but it is not a rare one. They have surprised…
The taxonomy of species presently considered to be in the genus Callophrys is in flux. In fact it’s kind of…
They say these big scarab beetles (family Scarabaeidae) will hiss at you, but I’ve never had that pleasure, though one…