I have a confession to make. Not only am I not good with the members of Asteraceae, I often don’t…
It is always a pleasure to find these little Noctuids, but it is not a rare one. They have surprised…
Woohoo! I identified my first grass! It is a European introduction, and was probably planted nearby, but this specimen was…
The taxonomy of species presently considered to be in the genus Callophrys is in flux. In fact it’s kind of…
This rather spectacular member of the phlox family (Polemoniaceae) also goes by the names of western sky-pilot, western polemonium, and…
They say these big scarab beetles (family Scarabaeidae) will hiss at you, but I’ve never had that pleasure, though one…
Rhododendrons (and their congeneric cousins azaleas) are widespread, approaching ubiquity, in the cultivated landscapes of our region, although I much…
This little Noctuid was the only lifer moth I found in two night of mothing at Kelly Rupp’s along Willapa…
Last Sunday I made the leap and took a grass workshop with Cindy Roché (co-author of the wonderful book “Field…
I was very excited to find another member of the genus Omus while running lights for moths at Kelly Rupp’s…