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Oplopanax horridus (Devil’s Club)

June 16, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

Like Ulex europaeus (Gorse) and Rubus bifrons (Himalayan Blackberry), Oplopanax horridus (devil’s club) is one of nature’s ’Keep Out’ signs. As Tom Heutte eloquently…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Apiales, Araliaceae, Eudicots, Oplopanax, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Devil’s Club, Oplopanax horridus

Cyclophora pendulinaria (Pearly- grey Wave)

June 15, 2023 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

There were at least 3 of these handsome little geometrid moths that visited my lights last Tuesday. They are a…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cyclophora, Geometridae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Cyclophora pendulinaria, Pearly- grey Wave, Sweetfern moth

Nemophila parviflora (Smallflower Nemophila, Wood’s Nemophila)

June 14, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

So, this plant is an example of a particularly egregious and embarrassing misidentification from the dawn of my interest in…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Boraginales, Eudicots, Hydrophyllaceae, Nemophila, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Nemophila parviflora, Small-flowered Nemophila, Smallflower Nemophila, Wood’s Nemophila

Hypena bijugalis (Dimorphic Bomolocha Moth)

June 13, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

Oddly, since it is apparently quite a common moth, and its primary larval host of Cornus sericea (red-osier dogwood) is also a…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Erebidae, Hypena, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Species Profiles Filed under: Dimorphic Bomolocha Moth, Hypena bijugalis

Ceanothus sanguineus

June 12, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

 This member of the family Rhamnaceae, which goes by the common names Oregon tea tree, redstem ceanothus, redstem wild lilac,…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Ceanothus, Eudicots, Plants, Rhamnaceae, Rosales, Species Profiles Filed under: Ceanothus sanguineus

Sinodendron rugosum (Rugose Stag Beetle)

June 11, 2023 Dan Nelson 8 Comments

As I mentioned in ‘A Trip to Canyon Creek’  I had no idea of what this was when I encountered it.…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Lucanidae, Sinodendron, Species Profiles Filed under: Rugose Stag Beetle, Sinodendron rugosum

Anemone deltoidea 

June 10, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

Anemone deltoidea apparently sometimes goes by the common names 3-leaf anemone and western white anemone, but I’ve always called it Columbia…

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Posted in: Anemone, Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Plants, Ranunculaceae, Ranunculales, Species Profiles Filed under: Anemone deltoidea

Zosteropoda hirtipes (V-lined Quaker moth

June 9, 2023 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

As I mentioned in ‘A Trip to Canyon Creek’, this handsome little noctuid moth with the fun to say appellation…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Noctuidae, Species Profiles, Zosteropoda Filed under: V-lined Quaker Moth, Zosteropoda hirtipes

Lathyrus polyphyllus (Leafy Peavine)

June 8, 2023 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

When I ran into a fairly large patch of this whilst wandering along the road above Canyon Creek after I…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Fabaceae (Legumes), Fabales, Lathyrus (Peavines), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Lathyrus polyphyllus, Leafy pea, Leafy Peavine, Oregon pea

Cheiracanthium mildei

June 7, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

As I mentioned in ‘First mothing trip of the year’, there were several of these spiders prowling the area on…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Araneae (Spiders), Arthropoda, Cheiracanthium, Miturgidae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Cheiracanthium mildei

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