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Category: Arthropoda

Melanoplus sanguinipes (Migratory Grasshopper)

September 20, 2020 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This is a spurthroated grasshopper (Melanoplinae), so called because of a small, but readily visible when in hand, spine between…

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Posted in: Acrididae (Grasshoppers and their kin), Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Melanoplinae, Melanoplus, Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their allies), Species Profiles Filed under: Melanoplus sanguinipes, Migratory Grasshopper

Misumena vatia (Goldenrod Crab Spider)

September 19, 2020 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

While it’s always a happy occurrence for me to find Misumena vatia on a flower, it is much less so…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Arthropoda, Misumena, Species Profiles, Thomisidae (Crab Spiders) Filed under: Goldenrod Crab Spider, Misumena vatia

Phanogomphus kurilis (Pacific Clubtail)

September 18, 2020 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This is another genus of Gomphidae (clubtails) that used to be a subgenus of Gomphus until the revisions in 2017.…

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Posted in: Animals, Anisoptera (Dragonflies), Arthropoda, Gomphidae, Insecta, Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies), Phanogomphus, Species Profiles Filed under: Pacific Clubtail, Phanogomphus kurilis

Gomphurus lynnae (Columbia Clubtail)

September 17, 2020 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This species was discovered by Mary Lynne Paulson at Horn Rapids on the Yakima River in 1971, and described by…

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Posted in: Animals, Anisoptera (Dragonflies), Arthropoda, Gomphidae, Gomphurus, Insecta, Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Columbia Clubtail, Gomphurus lynnae

Stylurus olivaceus (Olive Clubtail)

September 15, 2020 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

These dragonflies are members of the family Gomphidae (clubtails), so called because the end of the abdomen widens into a…

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Posted in: Animals, Anisoptera (Dragonflies), Arthropoda, Gomphidae, Insecta, Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies), Plants, Species Profiles, Stylurus Filed under: Olive Clubtail, Stylurus olivaceus

Phaneroptera nana (Mediterranean Katydid)

September 11, 2020 Dan Nelson 15 Comments

These are members of the family Tettigoniidae (katydids), a family which is superficially similar to grasshoppers but have much longer…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their allies), Phaneroptera, Phaneropterinae, Plants, Species Profiles, Tettigoniidae Filed under: Mediterranean Katydid, Phaneroptera nana

Lestes congener (Spotted Spreadwing)

September 9, 2020 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This is a very common medium sized (length 36-42mm) spreadwing damselfly which is found near slow moving or still waters…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lestes, Lestidae (Spreadwings), Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies), Species Profiles, Zygoptera (Damselflies) Filed under: Lestes congener, Spotted Spreadwing

Xestoleptura crassipes

September 6, 2020 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This is a Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae) of forests and mixed woodlands. Their size range is 8mm (males) to 15mm (females).…

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

Etorofus obliteratus

Dan Nelson 6 Comments

This is a common Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae) of coniferous forests in our region. They range in size from 9mm (male)…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles), Coleoptera (Beetles), Etorofus, Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles

Cerastis gloriosa

September 5, 2020 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This is a rarely collected Noctuid moth of springtime forests. It is medium sized (FW length 16-17mm) with a prominently…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cerastis, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Noctuidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Cerastis gloriosa

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