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Category: Arthropoda

Neoterpes trianguliferata

August 8, 2021 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

The information on these wonderful Geometrid moths indicates that they are also found at lower elevations, but the only ones…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Geometridae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Neoterpes, Species Profiles Filed under: Canary Thorn, Neoterpes trianguliferata

Eucopina siskiyouana (Fir Cone Borer Moth)

August 2, 2021 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

The is a real lack of information about these sharply patterned little tortricid moths. Part of that is undoubtedly because…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Eucopina, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Species Profiles, Tortricidae Filed under: Eucopina siskiyouana, Fir Cone Borer Moth

Laphria ventralis

July 31, 2021 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

This is my first profile of a member of the family Asilidae (robber flies; also known as assassin flies). I…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Asilidae, Diptera (Flies), Insecta, Laphria, Species Profiles Filed under: Laphria ventralis

Hermetia illucens (Black Soldier Fly)

July 26, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

This wasp mimic is a very interesting soldier fly (family Stratiomyidae). For one thing the mimicry extends to having antennae…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Diptera (Flies), Hermetia, Insecta, Species Profiles, Stratiomyidae Filed under: Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens

Anaplectoides prasina (Green Arches Moth)

July 23, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

This beautiful Noctuid moth is another one that, like the Ecliptopera silaceata that I recently profiled, ranges throughout the temperate…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Noctuidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Anaplectoides prasina, Green Arches Moth

Ecliptopera silaceata (Small Phoenix Moth)

July 20, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

I have a special fondness for these sharply marked moths. Though they are superficially similar to several medium sized geometrids,…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Ecliptopera, Geometridae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Species Profiles Filed under: Ecliptopera silaceata, Small Phoenix

Pyrrharctia Isabella (Isabella Tiger Moth)

July 17, 2021 Dan Nelson 11 Comments

This beautiful erebid moth is the only member of the genus Pyrrharctia. It’s larvae are the common banded wooly bear…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Erebidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Pyrrharctia, Species Profiles Filed under: Isabella Tiger Moth, Pyrrharctia isabella

Paruroctonus boreus (Northern Scorpion)

July 13, 2021 Dan Nelson 11 Comments

For my 300th species profile I decided to go with something that I last found last spring. The reason I…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Arthropoda, Paruroctonus, Scorpiones, Species Profiles, Vaejovidae Filed under: Northern Scorpion, Paruroctonus boreus

Spilomyia interrupta

July 11, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

On our recent trip recent trip into the Cascades I indulged in a bit of photography gluttony and used up…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Diptera (Flies), Insecta, Species Profiles, Spilomyia, Syrphidae (Flower Flies, Hover Flies) Filed under: Spilomyia interrupta

Syngrapha orophila

July 9, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

For the 4th of July weekend I went camping/mothing with my friend Craig Sondergaard and his grandson William. Our destination…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Noctuidae, Plants, Species Profiles, Syngrapha

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