When I was at Mike and Sue’s, in the midst of the charred landscape of the Holiday Farm fire, they…
The first time I saw one of these Pale Green Weevils I managed to get a photo, but couldn’t collect…
Due to a tip from a friend, Craig Sondergaard and I went lace bug hunting at Powell Butte in Portland,…
There is a spot near Catherine Creek in the Columbia River Gorge where I go to find early season butterflies,…
This highly variable Geometer carries the prosaic but descriptive common names mottled grey carpet moth and yellow-lined forest looper. It…
To the best of my knowledge I had never seen a lace bug of any sort before last Saturday, and…
It is always one of the great joys of springtime to see the first California Tortoiseshells. I often begin hearing…
Like all swallowtail butterflies Papilio zelicaon is beautiful to look at and graceful in flight. They light up a landscape…
This is an interesting little Buprestid (jewel beetles). This genus has an unusual structure where the elytra are fused in…
This is a festive looking Noctuid moth, with a simple but elegant pattern, and a simple 3 color palette. There…