In this profile we will discuss Western Hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), and how to differentiate it from not just Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga…
In the last few weeks, as I’ve walked roads, trails, and wandered forests, comparing hundreds of Douglas-firs and Western Hemlocks…
It’s really too bad that the common name listed for this carabid beetle in Pacific Northwest Insects does not appear…
Next up on our tour of the conifers is Pinus monticola, the first of the five needled pines I’ve found. And…
I should have been expecting to find these hump-winged crickets (family Prophalangopsidae) when I set up my lights in a wet…
As I mentioned in the profile of Pinus contorta I have set myself the task of learning to identify at…
As I’ve mentioned before, I am not particularly good with trees, especially conifers, and I’ve had a particular mental block…
The only time I had previously seen a Canada Darner was a little over 5 years ago on a little…
These members of the parsley family (Apiaceae) have several common names, including Pacific water-parsley, oenanthe, Pacific water-dropwort, and American water-parsley.…
These members of the family Lasiocampidae have no accepted common name (although in one place I saw them referred to…