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Tragosoma soror

August 15, 2023 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

So, this was a very cool bit of serendipity. As I described in the blog Mt. Adams, I went mothing…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles), Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles, Tragosoma Filed under: Tragosoma soror

Mythimna unipuncta (Armyworm Moth)

August 14, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This was one of the three large Noctuids I found at the bug zapper on the 3rd Night of Moth Week.…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Mythimna, Noctuidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Armyworm Moth, Mythimna unipuncta

Trichoferus campestris (Velvet Longhorn Beetle)

August 13, 2023 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

This is one of the beetles that visited my lights during the 3rd Night of Moth Week . Although it was nondescript,…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles), Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Species Profiles, Trichoferus Filed under: Trichoferus campestris, Velvet Longhorn Beetle

Tragosoma harrisii

August 12, 2023 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

The first time I found one of these Tragosoma  beetles was last September while running lights at Lost Creek, up in the…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles), Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles, Tragosoma Filed under: Tragosoma harrisii

Populus tremuloides (Quaking Aspen)

August 11, 2023 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

I was very surprised to encounter this small stand of quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) on the south flank of Mt.…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Malpighiales, Plants, Populus, Salicaceae, Species Profiles Filed under: Populus tremuloides, Quaking Aspen

Centrodera spurca

August 10, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This is one of the beetles I mentioned finding in 3rd Night of Moth Week. I’ve probably seen Centrodera spurca before, most notably…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Centrodera, Cerambycidae (Longhorn Beetles), Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Centrodera spurca

Rubus leucodermis 

August 9, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I’m not really much of a forager, and I can’t say I’ve ever tried the fruit of Rubus leucodermis (known as blackcaps,…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Plants, Rosaceae, Rosales, Rubus, Species Profiles Filed under: Rubus leucodermis

Neotamias amoenus (Yellow-pine Chipmunk)

August 8, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

Since I did not kill, skin, and examine the skull and teeth of any of the little chipmunks I saw…

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Posted in: Animals, Chordata, Mammalia, Neotamias, Rodentia, Sciuridae, Species Profiles Filed under: Least Chipmunk, Neotamias minimus

Ericameria bloomeri 

August 7, 2023 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

I got really lucky identifying these beautiful members of the family Asteraceae ( which carry the common names rabbitbrush goldenweed,…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asteraceae (Sunflowers), Asterales, Ericameria, Eudicots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Ericameria bloomeri

Spilosoma virginica (Virginian Tiger Moth)

August 6, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

These tiger moths used to drive me crazy (I know- short trip) when I first got into mothing,  because they would…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Erebidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles, Spilosoma Filed under: Spilosoma virginica, Virginian Tiger Moth

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