I finally found a Flame Skimmer! I must admit that when I first started looking for them ten years ago…
These beautiful, but non native, pond lilies in the family Nymphaeaceae (which are oddly neither a monocot nor a eudicot,…
There is a lot to say about these large members of the weasel family (Mustelidae), but first I’d like to…
I almost missed this plant on the trip to McBride Lake. I was apparently tunnel visioned when I passed it…
This was undoubtedly the find of the day on the trip to the Mt. St. Helens area that I talk…
Almost everybody is familiar with Nuphar polysepala, which goes by many common names, including yellow pond lily, great yellow cow lily, spatterdock, Indian…
These flies are abundant in the cemetery near my house, and I’ve seen many of them (or at least very…
I found these members of Montiaceae (miner’s lettuce family, although until 15 years ago they were considered to be part…
I am so excited to have finally found, photographed, identified, and now profiled a clearwing moth! The only one I…
I recently spent a day around Warrenton, Oregon, helping my nbo Morgan’s partner Juniper move their stuff. After the heavy…