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Chinavia hilaris (Green Stink Bug)

May 25, 2022 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

I’ve been hoping to find one of these Green Stink Bugs for awhile because they are a native, brightly colored…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Chinavia, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Pentatomidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Chinavia hilaris, Green Stink Bug

Sialis sp., possibly S. rotunda (Alderfly)

May 21, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

Though I have probably seen alderflies before, I don’t remember having done so, and, in my ignorance, probably assumed because…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Megaloptera, Sialidae, Sialis, Species Profiles Filed under: Alderflies, possibly S. rotunda, Sialis sp.

Piranga ludoviciana (Western Tanager)

May 19, 2022 Dan Nelson 23 Comments

Western Tanagers are always an exciting bird to see, flashing that bright red head and yellow body, with the black…

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Posted in: Animals, Aves (Birds), Cardinalidae, Chordata, Passeriformes, Piranga, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Piranga ludoviciana, Western Tanager

Chrysemys picta bellii (Western Painted Turtle)

May 15, 2022 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

I love to see turtles! There is something so endearing and enduring about them, a zen like equanimity that calls…

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Posted in: Animals, Chordata, Chrysemys, Emydidae, Reptilia, Species Profiles, Testudines Filed under: Chrysemys picta, Western Painted Turtle

Trachemys scripta elegans (Red-eared Slider)

Dan Nelson 1 Comment

A couple years ago I posted some photographs on Facebook, confidently stating that they were Western Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta),…

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Posted in: Animals, Emydidae, Reptilia, Species Profiles, Testudines, Trachemys Filed under: Red-eared Slider, Trachemys scripta

Zale minerea (Colorful Zale Moth)

May 13, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

The first time I saw a Zale minerea was on the most spectacular night of mothing I’ve ever had. The temperature on…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Erebidae, Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles, Zale Filed under: Colorful Zale Moth, Zale minerea

Phyllodesma americana (American Lappet Moth)

May 10, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

Last week I was fishing, camping, and running lights on the Wind River. It was a little early for the…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lasiocampidae, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Phyllodesma, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: American Lappet Moth, Phyllodesma americana

Aquarius remigis

May 6, 2022 Dan Nelson 10 Comments

Anyone who has ever spent time around living water has seen water striders (also known as water skippers and Jesus…

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Posted in: Animals, Aquarius, Arthropoda, Gerridae, Gerromorpha, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: Aquarius remigis

Dolichovespula arenaria

May 2, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

For anyone who wonders about my hiatus from writing profiles, I discuss it in the blog ‘Refocusing in Retirement’. This…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Dolichovespula, Hymenoptera (Wasps, Ants, Bees), Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles, Vespidae Filed under: Dolichovespula arenaria

Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata)

April 30, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

For anyone curious about my prolonged vacation from writing these profiles, I talk about it in this blog “Refocusing in…

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Posted in: Animals, Aves (Birds), Chordata, Parulidae, Passeriformes, Setophaga, Species Profiles Filed under: Audubon's Warblers, Myrtle Warblers, Setophaga coronata, Yellow-rumped Warblers

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