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Category: Arthropoda

Bassaniana (Coriarachne) utahensis

May 24, 2023 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

It’s always a pleasure to go out looking for cool stuff with my grandson Lee, because not only is he good…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Arthropoda, Bassaniana, Plants, Species Profiles, Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)

Cosmopepla lintneriana (Twice-stabbed stink Bug)

May 22, 2023 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

Whilst photographing the Pacific poison oak featured in the last profile I encountered this rather striking twice-stabbed stink bug (which is…

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Posted in: Animals, Cosmopepla, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Pentatomidae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Cosmopepla linteriana, Twice-stabbed Stink Bug, Two-spotted Stink Bug, Wee Harlequin Bug

Pristoceuthophilus celatus

January 28, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I cannot be absolutely positive that this camel cricket, (family Rhaphidophoridae) which I found under a chunk of bark in…

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Posted in: Animals, Ensifera, Insecta, Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their allies), Plants, Pristoceuthophilus, Rhaphidophoridae, Species Profiles Filed under: Pristoceuthophilus celatus

Hemigrapsus nudus (Purple Shore Crab)

January 18, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

I love purple shore crabs! I never get tired of watching their sideways scuttle among cobblestones of the intertidal zone,…

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Posted in: Animals, Crustaceans, Decapoda (Crabs, lobsters, shrimp etc), Hemigrapsus, Malacostraca (Crabs, shrimp, lobsters etc), Plants, Species Profiles, Varunidae Filed under: Hemigrapsus nudus, Purple Shore Crab

Zelus tetracanthus (4-spurred Assassin Bug)

January 13, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

It’s really obvious how much my life has changed during my 13 years of sobriety when I say that the…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Reduviidae, Species Profiles, Zelus Filed under: 4-spurred Assassin Bug, Zelus tetracanthus

Uroctonus mordax

December 19, 2022 Dan Nelson 11 Comments

There were many moments of discovery on my trip to sw Oregon, many moments of joy and wonder, many ‘Yeehaw!’…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Arthropoda, Chactidae, Plants, Scorpiones, Species Profiles, Uroctonus, Uroctonus, Vaejovidae Filed under: Uroctonus mordax, Western Forest Scorpion

Parcoblatta americana (Western Wood Cockroach)

December 3, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

The best critters that I personally found on my day of exploring with Sam McNally (although he did find the…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Blattodea, Ectobiidae, Insecta, Parcoblatta, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Parcoblatta americana, Western Wood Cockroach

Ischnocybe plicata

November 21, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

Finding these beautiful pink millipedes was the primary motivation for visiting the Medford area on my recent adventure, and, as…

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Posted in: Andrognathidae, Animals, Arthropoda, Diplopoda (Millipedes), Ischnocybe, Plants, Platydesmida, Species Profiles Filed under: Ischnocybe plicata

Pidonia scripta

November 5, 2022 Dan Nelson 10 Comments

This is the last thing I’ll be posting for the next ten days or so. I’m heading off to s…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles), Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Pidonia, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Pidonia scripta

Ortholeptura valida

October 21, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

For a lepturine longhorn beetle (family Cerambycidae) that is supposedly common (I’ve found Ortholeptura valida before, one watershed to the west from…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles), Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Ortholeptura, Ortholeptura, Species Profiles Filed under: Ortholeptura valida

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