I’ve recently profiled moths with predaceous caterpillars (Cosmia calami (American Dun-bar Moth), and moths whose larvae are parasitoids of wasp…
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…
My very first thought when I saw this at my UV lights in Portland, Oregon (an adventure I talk about…
The first one of these Noctuid moths that I found on the excursion I described in ‘A Trip to Mt.…
As I mentioned in A Trip to Mt. Adams, I found this cool looking and interesting beetle in the family Zopheridae crawling…
As I mentioned in ‘A Trip to Mt. Adams’ this was a common species of butterfly in the Cascade Creek burn.…
The first and only time I had previously found this member of the family Orobanchaceae (which goes by the common…