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Pholcus phalangioides

September 11, 2023 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

This is the Pholcus spider I talked about in the blog ‘In Search of Spiders’. They are probably familiar to most people,…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Arthropoda, Pholcidae, Pholcus, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Pholcus phalangioides

Caripeta aequaliaria (Red Girdle Moth)

September 9, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

 I am quite fond of these pretty Geometrid moths, but I don’t see them nearly as often as I’d like…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Caripeta, Geometridae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Caripeta aequaliaria, Red Girdle Moth

Timarcha intricata 

September 7, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I found the first one of these leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) at my Temple of Ultraviolet Light during moth madness in…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles), Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles, Timarcha Filed under: Timarcha intricata

Araneus gemma

September 6, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This spider represents at least the 5th time I’ve brought home an Araneus orb weaver that I thought would be new to…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Araneidae, Araneus, Arthropoda, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Araneus gemma

Epirrhoe alternata (White-banded Toothed Carpet Moth)

September 5, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I see this handsome little geometer so often at my lights that I often forget to photograph it, although it…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Epirrhoe, Geometridae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Epirrhoe alternata, White-banded Toothed Carpet Moth

Parabagrotis sulinaris 

September 4, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I was a little surprised to learn that Parabagrotis sulinaris as a distinct species wasn’t described until 1998. Until then, when Don…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Noctuidae, Parabagrotis, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Parabagrotis sulinaris

Clemensia umbrata

September 3, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I’m always happy to get some of these little tiger moths (family Erebidae) visiting my lights. The only common name…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Clemensia, Erebidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Clemensia umbrata

Antrodiaetus pugnax

September 2, 2023 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

My grandson Lee, who, as I mentioned in A Trip to the confluence of the NF Toutle and Green Rivers,  was the…

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Posted in: Animals, Antrodiaetidae, Antrodiaetus, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Arthropoda, Mygalomorphae, Plants, Species Profiles

Monadenia fidelis (Pacific Sideband Snail)

September 1, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

These are the snails I found under the ground cover of my set up during the excursion I talk about…

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Posted in: Animals, Gastropoda, Mollusca, Monadenia, Plants, Species Profiles, Stylommatophora, Xanthonychidae Filed under: Monadenia fidelis, Pacific Sideband Snail

Coelocnemis dilaticollis (California Broad-necked Darkling Beetle)

August 31, 2023 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

When I first saw this darkling beetle (family Tenebrionidae) moving along the road I was walking to get between my…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coelocnemis, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles, Tenebrionidae Filed under: California Broad-necked Darkling Beetle, Coelocnemis dilaticollis

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