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Category: Arthropoda

Phyciodes pulchella (Field Crescent)

August 16, 2023 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

As I mentioned in ‘A Trip to Mt. Adams’ this was a common species of butterfly in the Cascade Creek burn.…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Nymphalidae, Phyciodes, Species Profiles Filed under: Field Crescent, Phyciodes pulchella

Tragosoma soror

August 15, 2023 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

So, this was a very cool bit of serendipity. As I described in the blog Mt. Adams, I went mothing…

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

Mythimna unipuncta (Armyworm Moth)

August 14, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This was one of the three large Noctuids I found at the bug zapper on the 3rd Night of Moth Week.…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Mythimna, Noctuidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Armyworm Moth, Mythimna unipuncta

Trichoferus campestris (Velvet Longhorn Beetle)

August 13, 2023 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

This is one of the beetles that visited my lights during the 3rd Night of Moth Week . Although it was nondescript,…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles), Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Species Profiles, Trichoferus Filed under: Trichoferus campestris, Velvet Longhorn Beetle

Tragosoma harrisii

August 12, 2023 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

The first time I found one of these Tragosoma  beetles was last September while running lights at Lost Creek, up in the…

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

Centrodera spurca

August 10, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This is one of the beetles I mentioned finding in 3rd Night of Moth Week. I’ve probably seen Centrodera spurca before, most notably…

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

Spilosoma virginica (Virginian Tiger Moth)

August 6, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

These tiger moths used to drive me crazy (I know- short trip) when I first got into mothing,  because they would…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Erebidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles, Spilosoma Filed under: Spilosoma virginica, Virginian Tiger Moth

Neduba steindachneri (Steindachner’s shieldback)

August 5, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I found the first of these large female (you can tell by the scimitar-like ovipositor) orthopterans on Friday night, as…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Ensifera, Insecta, Neduba, Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their allies), Species Profiles, Tettigoniidae Filed under: Neduba steindachneri, Steindachner’s shieldback

Orgyia vetusta (Western Tussock Moth)

August 4, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

When I was mothing down at the Vancouver Lake bottoms in Clark County, Washington (as I described in 2nd Night of…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Orgyia, Species Profiles Filed under: Orgyia vetusta, Western Tussock Moth

Stegea salutalis

August 3, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

This is yet another moth for which I can find almost no definitive information. It is a handsome and subtly…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Crambidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles, Stegea Filed under: Stegea salutalis

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