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Category: Insecta

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

Buprestis aurulenta (Golden Buprestid)

May 19, 2021 Dan Nelson 11 Comments

During last Sunday’s nature stroll on the Cape Horn Trail, in addition to the thrill of finding that rare, vagrant…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Buprestidae, Buprestis, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: Buprestis aurulenta, Golden Buprestid

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

Polydrusus impressifrons (Pale Green Weevil)

May 11, 2021 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

The first time I saw one of these Pale Green Weevils I managed to get a photo, but couldn’t collect…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Curculionidae (True Weevils), Entiminae (Broad-nosed Weevils), Insecta, Polydrusus, Species Profiles Filed under: Pale Green Weevil, Polydrusus impressifrons

Corythucha salicata

May 5, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

Due to a tip from a friend, Craig Sondergaard and I went lace bug hunting at Powell Butte in Portland,…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Corythucha, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles, Tingidae Filed under: Corythucha salicata

Erynnis propertius (Propertius Duskywing)

April 28, 2021 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

There is a spot near Catherine Creek in the Columbia River Gorge where I go to find early season butterflies,…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Erynnis, Hesperiidae (Skippers), Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Erynnis propertius, Propertius Duskywing

Cladara limitaria

April 25, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

This highly variable Geometer carries the prosaic but descriptive common names mottled grey carpet moth and yellow-lined forest looper. It…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cladara, Geometridae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Species Profiles Filed under: Cladara limitaria, Mottled Grey Carpet Moth

Corythucha pergandei (Alder Lace Bug)

April 21, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

To the best of my knowledge I had never seen a lace bug of any sort before last Saturday, and…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Corythucha, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Species Profiles, Tingidae Filed under: Alder Lace Bug, Corythucha pergandei

Nymphalis californica (California Tortoiseshell)

April 18, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

It is always one of the great joys of springtime to see the first California Tortoiseshells. I often begin hearing…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Nymphalidae, Nymphalis, Species Profiles Filed under: California Tortoiseshell, Nymphalis californica

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