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Category: Animals

Vanessa virginiensis (American Lady)

October 3, 2022 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

I am very thrilled to have finally found this butterfly, although when I finally sighted one near the crest of…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Nymphalidae, Species Profiles, Vanessa Filed under: American Lady, Vanessa virginiensis

Gabriola dyari (Dyar’s Looper)

September 29, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

Those of you who read the ‘eaten by’ section of these profiles may have noticed that Gabriola dyari has been in every…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Gabriola, Geometridae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Species Profiles Filed under: Dyar's Looper, Gabriola dyari

Scudderia furcata (Fork-tailed Bush Katydid)

September 25, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

Ever since I found the invasive bush katydid Phaneroptera nana I’ve been on the lookout for these native Scudderia, but until a few weeks…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their allies), Phaneropterinae, Scudderia, Species Profiles, Tettigoniidae Filed under: Fork-tailed Bush Katydid, Scudderia furcata

Chlorochroa rossiana

September 21, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

Back in mid-August, as I was ascending the stairs to our apartment, I spotted a green stinkbug on one of…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Chlorochroa, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Pentatomidae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Chlorochroa rossiana

Zacotus matthewsii

September 17, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

It’s really too bad that the common name listed for this carabid beetle in Pacific Northwest Insects does not appear…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Carabidae, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Species Profiles, Zacotus Filed under: Zacotus matthewsii

Cyphoderris monstrosa (Great Grig)

September 13, 2022 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

I should have been expecting to find these hump-winged crickets (family Prophalangopsidae) when I set up my lights in a wet…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cyphoderris, Insecta, Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their allies), Prophalangopsidae, Species Profiles, Tettigoniidae Filed under: Cyphoderris monstrosa, Female Cyphoderris monstrosa, Great Grig

Aeshna canadensis (Canada Darner)

September 9, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

The only time I had previously seen a Canada Darner was a little over 5 years ago on a little…

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

Tolype distincta

September 5, 2022 Dan Nelson 7 Comments

These members of the family Lasiocampidae have no accepted common name (although in one place I saw them referred to…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lasiocampidae, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles, Tolype Filed under: Tolype distincta

Callospermophilus saturatus (Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel)

September 1, 2022 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

Back in July when I made a trip to Mt. St. Helens National Monument in Skamania County, Washington, I spotted…

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Posted in: Animals, Callospermophilus, Chordata, Mammalia, Plants, Rodentia, Sciuridae, Species Profiles Filed under: Callospermophilus saturatus, Cascade Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel

Pachydiplax longipennis (Blue Dasher)

August 30, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

So, I’ll just be upfront and admit that this is a revision of a profile I did when I first…

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Posted in: Animals, Anisoptera (Dragonflies), Arthropoda, Insecta, Libellulidae (Skimmers and their kin), Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies), Pachydiplax, Species Profiles Filed under: Blue Dasher, Pachydiplax longipennis

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