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Hyalophora euryalus (Ceanothus Silkmoth)

June 3, 2021 Dan Nelson 9 Comments

The first time I found one of these members of the family Saturnidae was last April on a road trip…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Hyalophora, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Saturnidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Ceanothus Silkmoth, Hyalophora euryalus

Vancouveria hexandra

June 2, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

It is somewhat ironic that the most common common name for this plant in the family Berberidaceae is northern inside-out flower,…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Berberidaceae, Eudicots, Plants, Ranunculales, Species Profiles, Vancouveria Filed under: Northern Inside-out Flower, Vancouveria hexandra

Polygonia faunus (Green Comma)

May 31, 2021 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

I love the members of the butterfly family Nymphalidae, but I struggle with identification of its species. This is particularly…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Nymphalidae, Polygonia, Species Profiles Filed under: Green Comma, Polygonia faunus

Geum macrophyllum (Large-leaved Avens)

May 30, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I don’t know where I got this idea, but I had been under the impression that Geum macrophyllum was an introduced species.…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Geum, Plants, Rosaceae, Rosales, Species Profiles Filed under: Geum macrophyllum, Large-leaved Avens

Omus audouini (Audouin’s Night-stalking Tiger Beetle)

May 28, 2021 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

This was possibly the first time that I have seen these dull black, flightless members of the night-stalking tiger beetles,…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cicindelidae, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Omus, Species Profiles Filed under: Omus audouini

Drymocallis glandulosa (Sticky Cinquefoil)

May 26, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

In the last decade the combination of morphological and genetic evidence has indicated that several of our cinquefoils (family Rosaceae)…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Drymocallis, Eudicots, Plants, Rosaceae, Rosales, Species Profiles Filed under: Drymocallis glandulosa, Sticky Cinquefoil

Listrus sp.

May 25, 2021 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

I can say with certainty that these beetles are something in the genus Listrus, but once again I am invoking…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Listrus, Melyridae, Species Profiles Filed under: Listrus sp.

Lysimachia latifolia

May 24, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

When I first found and identified this species a decade ago I knew it as Trientalis latifolia, in the family…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Ericales, Eudicots, Lysimachia, Plants, Primulaceae, Species Profiles Filed under: Lysimachia latifolia

Dermestes talpinus/undulatus

May 23, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I have decided, since it is my site and certain limitations are necessary, that it is beyond the purview of…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Dermestes, Dermestidae, Insecta, Species Profiles Filed under: Dermestes talpinus/undulatus

Delphinium trolliifolium

May 22, 2021 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

There are several common names for this species, from the utterly prosaic cow poison, poison delphinium, and poison larkspur, to…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Delphinium, Eudicots, Plants, Ranunculaceae, Ranunculales, Species Profiles Filed under: Columbian Larkspur, Cow Poison, Delphinium trolliifolium, Poison Larkspur

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