Next up on our tour of the conifers is Pinus monticola, the first of the five needled pines I’ve found. And…
I should have been expecting to find these hump-winged crickets (family Prophalangopsidae) when I set up my lights in a wet…
As I mentioned in the profile of Pinus contorta I have set myself the task of learning to identify at…
As I’ve mentioned before, I am not particularly good with trees, especially conifers, and I’ve had a particular mental block…
The only time I had previously seen a Canada Darner was a little over 5 years ago on a little…
These members of the parsley family (Apiaceae) have several common names, including Pacific water-parsley, oenanthe, Pacific water-dropwort, and American water-parsley.…
These members of the family Lasiocampidae have no accepted common name (although in one place I saw them referred to…
They say this plant blooms from June through September, but I always associate it with the month of August. It…
Back in July when I made a trip to Mt. St. Helens National Monument in Skamania County, Washington, I spotted…
So, I’ll just be upfront and admit that this is a revision of a profile I did when I first…