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Category: Arthropoda

Caripeta divisata (Grey Spruce Looper Moth)

June 9, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

I was kind of thrilled to actually find this moth (family Geometridae) in an area that contained its eponymous spruces…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Caripeta, Geometridae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Caripeta divisata (Grey Spruce Looper Moth)

Lophocampa maculata (Spotted Tussock Moth)

June 7, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

One of the unexpected pleasures of having this website has been meeting people I otherwise wouldn’t have known. Such is…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Erebidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Lothocampa, Species Profiles Filed under: Lophocampa maculata, Spotted Tussock Moth

Hyalophora euryalus (Ceanothus Silkmoth)

June 3, 2021 Dan Nelson 9 Comments

The first time I found one of these members of the family Saturnidae was last April on a road trip…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Hyalophora, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Saturnidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Ceanothus Silkmoth, Hyalophora euryalus

Polygonia faunus (Green Comma)

May 31, 2021 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

I love the members of the butterfly family Nymphalidae, but I struggle with identification of its species. This is particularly…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Nymphalidae, Polygonia, Species Profiles Filed under: Green Comma, Polygonia faunus

Omus audouini (Audouin’s Night-stalking Tiger Beetle)

May 28, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

This was possibly the first time that I have seen these dull black, flightless members of the night-stalking tiger beetles,…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cicindelidae, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Omus, Species Profiles Filed under: Omus audouini

Listrus sp.

May 25, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

I can say with certainty that these beetles are something in the genus Listrus, but once again I am invoking…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Listrus, Melyridae, Species Profiles Filed under: Listrus sp.

Dermestes talpinus/undulatus

May 23, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I have decided, since it is my site and certain limitations are necessary, that it is beyond the purview of…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Dermestes, Dermestidae, Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: Dermestes talpinus/undulatus

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)

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