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Category: Arthropoda

Plebejus anna (Anna’s Blue)

August 28, 2023 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

This was the second most common butterfly I found on the flanks of Mt. Adams, right behind the Phyciodes pulchella (Field…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Lycaenidae, Plants, Plebejus, Species Profiles Filed under: Anna’s Blue, Plebejus anna

Idia americalis (American Idia Moth)

August 27, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

These very pretty little moths in the family Erebidae are common, but, at least in my experience, seldom abundant. By…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Erebidae, Idia, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: American Idia Moth, Idia americalis

Monochamus obtusus

August 26, 2023 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

It is somewhat ironic to me that the first time I have found this interesting longhorn beetle, one that one…

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

Lygephila victoria 

August 25, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I was excited when this moth came to my lights on the trip to Mt. Adams, because I knew I’d…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Erebidae, Insecta, Lygephila, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Lygephila victoria

Autographa californica (Alfalfa Looper)

August 22, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

During a recent attempt to disabuse someone on Facebook of the notion that they had found Autographa gamma (silver y moth), a…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Autographa, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Noctuidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Alfalfa Looper, Autographa californica

Cosmia calami (American Dun-bar Moth)

August 21, 2023 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

This is the coolest moth I have found thus far while doing the mothing I describe in ‘Housesitting’, and I…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cosmia, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Noctuidae, Species Profiles Filed under: American Dun-bar Moth, Cosmia calami

Aeshna interrupta (Variable Darner)

August 20, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This is the lifer dragonfly that I mentioned in A Trip to Mt. Adams . It is not an uncommon dragonfly in…

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Posted in: Aeshna, Aeshnidae, Animals, Anisoptera (Dragonflies), Arthropoda, Insecta, Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies), Species Profiles Filed under: Aeshna interrupta, Variable Darner

Hemyda aurata

August 19, 2023 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

My very first thought when I saw this at my UV lights in Portland, Oregon (an adventure I talk about…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Diptera (Flies), Hemyda, Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles, Tachinidae Filed under: Hemyda aurata

Xestia oblata (Rosy Dart Moth)

August 18, 2023 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

 The first one of these Noctuid moths that I found on the excursion I described in ‘A Trip to Mt.…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Noctuidae, Plants, Species Profiles, Xestia Filed under: Rosy Dart Moth, Xestia oblata

Phellopsis porcata

August 17, 2023 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

As I mentioned in A Trip to Mt. Adams, I found this cool looking and interesting beetle in the family Zopheridae crawling…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Phellopsis, Species Profiles, Zopheridae Filed under: Phellopsis porcata

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