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Ulex europaeus (Gorse)

January 25, 2022 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

I have finally finished organizing the photos I’ve taken over the last few years. Well, that is not an accurate…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Fabaceae (Legumes), Fabales, Plants, Species Profiles, Ulex

Prophysaon foliolatum (Yellow-bordered Taildropper)

January 13, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I’ve been putting off doing a profile on a slug until I had one that I could positively identify which…

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Posted in: Animals, Arionidae, Gastropoda, Mollusca, Plants, Prophysaon, Species Profiles, Stylommatophora Filed under: Prophysaon foliolatum, Yellow-bordered Taildropper

Phobetus comatus

January 9, 2022 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

Here is another ‘blast from the past’, rediscovered during my organization of old photos, a handsome species of scarab beetle…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Phobetus, Plants, Scarabaeidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Phobetus comatus

Pteridium aquilinum (Bracken Fern)

January 8, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

So, here is part three of my series on distinguishing between some of the large pinnate ferns of our region.…

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Posted in: Dennstaedtiaceae, Plants, Polypodiales, Polypodiophyta, Polypodiopsida, Pteridium, Species Profiles, Tracheophytes Filed under: Bracken Fern, Pteridium aquilinum

Dryopteris expansa

January 7, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

This is part 2 of my 3 part series on large, pinnate ferns commonly found in proximity to each other…

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Posted in: Dryopteridaceae, Dryopteris, Plants, Polypodiales, Polypodiophyta, Polypodiopsida, Species Profiles, Tracheophytes Filed under: Dryopteris expansa

Athyrium filix-femina (Lady Fern)

January 6, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

Over the next few days I’ll be doing comparison profiles for 3 large, pinnate ferns that are commonly found in…

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Posted in: Athyriaceae, Athyrium, Plants, Polypodiales, Polypodiophyta, Polypodiopsida, Species Profiles, Tracheophytes Filed under: Athyrium filix-femina, Lady Ferns

Hymenaphorura cocklei (Golden Snowflea)

January 5, 2022 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

So, let’s just get this out of the way first: Golden Snowfleas are not fleas (class Insecta, order Siphonaptera). They…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Collembola, Hymenaphorura, Onychiuridae, Plants, Poduromorpha, Species Profiles Filed under: Golden Snowflea, Hymenaphorura cocklei

Brochymena affinis

December 22, 2021 Dan Nelson 8 Comments

This stink bug (Pentatomidae) in the genus Brochymena (rough stink bugs) represents the end of an era, because it is…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Brochymena, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Pentatomidae, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Brochymena affinis

Ocypus olens (Devil’s Coach Horse)

December 20, 2021 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

One of my favorite critters to find whilst on the clock was Ocypus olens, the Devil’s Coach Horse. I fact…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Insecta, Ocypus, Plants, Species Profiles, Staphylinidae Filed under: Devil's Coach Horse, Ocypus olens

Lewinskya affinis complex, probably L. pacifica

December 4, 2021 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

There has been a big shakeup in the genus Orthotrichum in the last few years. It has been known for…

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Posted in: Bryophyta (Mosses), Bryopsida, Lewinskya, Orthotrichaceae, Orthotrichales, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Lewinskya affinis complex, Lewinskya pacifica

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