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Category: Insecta

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

Omus dejeanii (Greater Night-stalking Tiger Beetle)

June 14, 2021 Dan Nelson 11 Comments

 I was very excited to find another member of the genus Omus while running lights for moths at Kelly Rupp’s…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cicindelidae, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Omus, Species Profiles Filed under: Greater Night-stalking Tiger Beetle, Omus dejeanii

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

Omus audouini (Audouin’s Night-stalking Tiger Beetle)

May 28, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

This was possibly the first time that I have seen these dull black, flightless members of the night-stalking tiger beetles,…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cicindelidae, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Omus, Species Profiles Filed under: Omus audouini

Listrus sp.

May 25, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

I can say with certainty that these beetles are something in the genus Listrus, but once again I am invoking…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Listrus, Melyridae, Species Profiles Filed under: Listrus sp.

Dermestes talpinus/undulatus

May 23, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I have decided, since it is my site and certain limitations are necessary, that it is beyond the purview of…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Dermestes, Dermestidae, Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: Dermestes talpinus/undulatus

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