When I netted this dragonfly along the shoreline of South Prairie Lake, I immediately recognized it as a paddle-tailed darner…
I hope you’ll forgive me for indulging in a bit of synesthesia here, but to my mind the delightful flight…
This was the second most common butterfly I found on the flanks of Mt. Adams, right behind the Phyciodes pulchella (Field…
These very pretty little moths in the family Erebidae are common, but, at least in my experience, seldom abundant. By…
It is somewhat ironic to me that the first time I have found this interesting longhorn beetle, one that one…
I was excited when this moth came to my lights on the trip to Mt. Adams, because I knew I’d…
Who doesn’t love mourning doves, with their subtle beauty, melancholy call, distinctive silhouette, and seemingly gentle ways? I’ve wanted to…
During a recent attempt to disabuse someone on Facebook of the notion that they had found Autographa gamma (silver y moth), a…
This is the coolest moth I have found thus far while doing the mothing I describe in ‘Housesitting’, and I…
This is the lifer dragonfly that I mentioned in A Trip to Mt. Adams . It is not an uncommon dragonfly in…