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Neduba steindachneri (Steindachner’s shieldback)

August 5, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

I found the first of these large female (you can tell by the scimitar-like ovipositor) orthopterans on Friday night, as…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Ensifera, Insecta, Neduba, Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their allies), Species Profiles, Tettigoniidae Filed under: Neduba steindachneri, Steindachner’s shieldback

Orgyia vetusta (Western Tussock Moth)

August 4, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

When I was mothing down at the Vancouver Lake bottoms in Clark County, Washington (as I described in 2nd Night of…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Orgyia, Species Profiles Filed under: Orgyia vetusta, Western Tussock Moth

Stegea salutalis

August 3, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

This is yet another moth for which I can find almost no definitive information. It is a handsome and subtly…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Crambidae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles, Stegea Filed under: Stegea salutalis

Ethmia marmorea

Dan Nelson 1 Comment

 I may have mentioned before that I tend to avoid trying to identify most micromoths, because I don’t have the…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Depressariidae, Ethmia, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Ethmia marmorea

Aseptis binotata

August 2, 2023 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

After 9 nights of mothing I have shaken off some (but definitely not all) of the rust on my moth…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Aseptis, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Noctuidae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Aseptis binotata

Galgula partita (Wedgling Moth)

August 1, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This is the little Noctuid moth that I mentioned in 9th night of Moth Week, the one I called the ‘frowny…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Noctuidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Galgula partita, Wedgeling Moth

Feltia herilis (Master’s Dart)

July 28, 2023 Dan Nelson 9 Comments

There is just something particularly interesting about the patterning of the darts in general, something clean, geometrical, and elegant about…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Feltia, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Noctuidae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Feltia herilis, Master's Dart

Xanthorhoe labradorensis (Labrador Carpet Moth)

July 27, 2023 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

This is the ‘lifer’ moth I talked about in 5th Night of Moth Week . This is an elegantly patterned geometer, and…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Geometridae, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles, Xanthorhoe Filed under: Labrador Carpet Moth

Euchromius ocellea

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Euchromius ocellea is one of the few micromoths that I had previously made the effort to identify, primarily because they are,…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Crambidae, Euchromius, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Euchromius ocellea

Amphipyra tragopoginis (Mouse Moth)

July 26, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This is one of the moths that I found hanging out in the hot tub area that I talk about…

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Posted in: Amphipyra, Animals, Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies), Noctuidae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Amphipyra tragopogonis, Mouse Moth

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