On both of my recent trips to Mt. Hood I saw a few dozen of these pretty little noctuid moths,…
Some of the bugs that I was most disappointed in not being able to net during the trip I talk…
A couple days after I found the population of Ceanothus velutinus that I write of in that profile, I found some more…
There are only a few blues that I can identify on sight, without having to go through David Droppers’ excellent…
The most exciting find on the afternoon I encountered the Ceanothus velutinus was this spectacular Lepturobosca chrysocoma beetle. I’ve been trying to photograph one…
I always enjoy watching American Emeralds patrolling an area, because the bronzy thorax and bright green eyes almost glow in…
The first time I ever found these pretty little blues was on a Father’s Day weekend camping trip to Big…
People who call Four-spotted skimmers dull colored have obviously never seen fresh ones. They are not flashy, but they are…
When I was sitting on my stool alongside the Burnt Bridge Creek trail trying to identify the Phacelia nemoralis that I recently…
I found this handsome member of the family Erebidae on the same trip to the Vancouver Lake bottoms that I…