I have had a bit of a mental block with the species in the genera Montia and Claytonia. Back in 2010 when I started…
This is the pretty, colorful geometrid moth I mentioned in ‘First mothing trip of the year, Dysstroma citrata (the dark marbled carpet…
I did end up going trout fishing up at Canyon Creek in nw Clark County, Washington, on opening day, but…
This is the handsome soldier beetle that I mentioned coming to my lights in the blog ‘First Mothing Trip of…
Maianthemum dilatatum is not a spectacular wildflower by itself, though they are certainly a pretty one. But large patches of them,…
These snails were some of the other cool finds from my trip to the confluence of the Green/NF Toutle rivers…
I love the texture that the branched horsetails give to the areas that they inhabit, but I’ve been reluctant to…
As I mentioned in ‘Evolution of a Recreational Naturalist – 10,000 Things of the Pacific Northwest ‘, it was finding a…
I don’t get out on nature walks with my dad very often, because I try not to inflict my inveterate…
This small, handsome member of the family Rhyparochromidae (dirt-colored seed bugs) is apparently sometimes called a tuxedo bug, which seems…