I don’t get out on nature walks with my dad very often, because I try not to inflict my inveterate…
This small, handsome member of the family Rhyparochromidae (dirt-colored seed bugs) is apparently sometimes called a tuxedo bug, which seems…
There is something almost homey about thimbleberries (Rubus parviflorus), with their large, soft leaves, lack of thorns, and large, graceful,…
This carabid beetle was yet another great find by my grandson Lee on our trip to the confluence of the…
It’s always a pleasure to go out looking for cool stuff with my grandson Lee, because not only is he good…
A dozen or so years ago, when I was first trying to identify wildflowers, I was very puzzled by which…
Whilst photographing the Pacific poison oak featured in the last profile I encountered this rather striking twice-stabbed stink bug (which is…
One of my pet peeves is people leaving their dogs unleashed on trails and out in the woods, and I’ve…
I was strolling along the Lacamas Creek Trail in Camas, Washington last week, happily photographing spring wildflowers, when I noticed…
Until last September Thuja plicata (western red-cedar) was the only conifer I could consistently identify, but that was only one of the…