I was a little surprised to learn that Parabagrotis sulinaris as a distinct species wasn’t described until 1998. Until then, when Don…
I’m always happy to get some of these little tiger moths (family Erebidae) visiting my lights. The only common name…
When I first saw this darkling beetle (family Tenebrionidae) moving along the road I was walking to get between my…
When I netted this dragonfly along the shoreline of South Prairie Lake, I immediately recognized it as a paddle-tailed darner…
I hope you’ll forgive me for indulging in a bit of synesthesia here, but to my mind the delightful flight…
This was the second most common butterfly I found on the flanks of Mt. Adams, right behind the Phyciodes pulchella (Field…
These very pretty little moths in the family Erebidae are common, but, at least in my experience, seldom abundant. By…
It is somewhat ironic to me that the first time I have found this interesting longhorn beetle, one that one…
I was excited when this moth came to my lights on the trip to Mt. Adams, because I knew I’d…
During a recent attempt to disabuse someone on Facebook of the notion that they had found Autographa gamma (silver y moth), a…