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Podabrus conspiratus

June 3, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This is the handsome soldier beetle that I mentioned coming to my lights in the blog ‘First Mothing Trip of…

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Posted in: Animals, Cantharidae (Soldier Beetles), Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Podabrus, Species Profiles Filed under: Podabrus conspiratus

Allogona townsendiana (Oregon Forest Snail)

June 1, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

These snails were some of the other cool finds from my trip to the confluence of the Green/NF Toutle rivers…

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Posted in: Allogona, Animals, Eupulmonata, Gastropoda, Mollusca, Plants, Polygyridae, Species Profiles, Stylommatophora Filed under: Allogona townsendiana, Oregon Forest Snail

Plathemis lydia (Common Whitetail)

May 30, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

As I mentioned in ‘Evolution of a Recreational Naturalist – 10,000 Things of the Pacific Northwest ‘, it was finding a…

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Posted in: Animals, Anisoptera (Dragonflies), Insecta, Libellulidae (Skimmers and their kin), Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies), Species Profiles Filed under: Common Whitetail, Plathemis lydia (Common Whitetail)

Raglius alboacuminatus

May 28, 2023 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

This small, handsome member of the family Rhyparochromidae (dirt-colored seed bugs) is apparently sometimes called a tuxedo bug, which seems…

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Posted in: Animals, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Plants, Raglius, Rhyparochromidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Raglius alboacuminatus, Tuxedo Bug

Cychrus tuberculatus (Tuberculate Rare Snail-eating Beetle)

May 26, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This carabid beetle was yet another great find by my grandson Lee on our trip to the confluence of the…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Carabidae, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Cychrus tuberculatus, Tuberculate Rare Snail-eating Beetle

Bassaniana (Coriarachne) utahensis

May 24, 2023 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

It’s always a pleasure to go out looking for cool stuff with my grandson Lee, because not only is he good…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Arthropoda, Bassaniana, Plants, Species Profiles, Thomisidae (Crab Spiders)

Cosmopepla lintneriana (Twice-stabbed stink Bug)

May 22, 2023 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

Whilst photographing the Pacific poison oak featured in the last profile I encountered this rather striking twice-stabbed stink bug (which is…

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Posted in: Animals, Cosmopepla, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Pentatomidae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Cosmopepla linteriana, Twice-stabbed Stink Bug, Two-spotted Stink Bug, Wee Harlequin Bug

Sorex trowbridgii (Trowbridge’s shrew)

May 20, 2023 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

I was strolling along the Lacamas Creek Trail in Camas, Washington last week, happily photographing spring wildflowers, when I noticed…

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Posted in: Animals, Chordata, Eulipotyphla, Mammalia, Plants, Sorex, Soricidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Sorex trowbridgii, Trowbridge's Shrew

Thaleichthys pacificus (Eulachon)

February 22, 2023 Dan Nelson 16 Comments

When I moved to Vancouver, Washington in the late 70s I occasionally went smelt ‘dipping’ with a high school friend…

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Posted in: Actinopterygii, Animals, Chordata, Osmeridae, Osmeriformes, Species Profiles Filed under: Eulachon, Thaleichthys pacificus

Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

February 8, 2023 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

This past weekend Pam and I took our regular late winter field trip to the central Columbia River Gorge. The…

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Posted in: Animals, Aves (Birds), Chordata, Galliformes, Meleagris, Phasianidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Meleagris gallopavo, Wild Turkey

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