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What

Cuckoo Wasps and Allies (Superfamily Chrysidoidea)

Observer

diimazuz

Date

June 12, 2024 08:11 PM PDT

Description

On Trifolium arvense. Appears to be a bee or wasp?

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What

Common Green Darner (Anax junius)

Observer

rjf

Date

June 9, 2024 08:45 PM PDT

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What

Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera)

Observer

heatherholm

Date

June 7, 2024 01:20 PM CDT

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Observer

gregscottshep

Date

June 9, 2024 12:41 PM PDT

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Observer

geographerdave

Date

May 29, 2024 11:41 AM PDT

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What

Subvittate Lady Beetle (Myzia subvittata)

Observer

koji

Date

May 9, 2024 11:23 AM PDT

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What

Black-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus melanopygus)

Observer

mvbotel

Date

May 10, 2024 02:28 PM PDT

Description

I always believed them to be ground nesting. I can see at least a dozen on this south facing birdhouse!

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Observer

lebldwn

Date

April 2024

Place

Oregon, US (Google, OSM)

Description

ID for wasp. Found this wasp carrying a spider to its ground nest, where it pulled the spider inside.

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Observer

yamashta

Date

April 16, 2024 03:06 PM PDT

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What

Ceanothus Silk Moth (Hyalophora euryalus)

Observer

jimjohnson

Date

April 13, 2024 02:19 PM PDT

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What

Tawny Eupithecia Moth (Eupithecia ravocostaliata)

Observer

jimjohnson

Date

April 13, 2024 02:21 PM PDT

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What

Mining Bees (Genus Andrena)

Date

April 13, 2024 04:18 PM PDT

Description

Found under tiles that were placed only a week ago. One of the three here are dead and one of the living ones dug around it.

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geographerdave

Date

April 11, 2024 02:21 PM PDT

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john_brandsberg

Date

April 2, 2024 03:05 PM PDT

Description

About 14,000 nesting sites (the site is 100ft x 20ft with 7+ nesting sites per sq ft)

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What

Margined Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus marginatus)

Observer

lunarmolar

Date

October 4, 2023 11:48 AM PDT

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What

Olive Clubtail (Stylurus olivaceus)

Observer

wonderbeans

Date

September 25, 2023 03:00 PM PDT

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chrisinthewild

Date

July 24, 2023 12:53 PM PDT

Place

Fairview (Google, OSM)

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What

Hidalgo Mason Wasp (Euodynerus hidalgo)

Observer

jensanford

Date

September 19, 2023 12:26 PM PDT

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earlistotle

Date

August 17, 2023 02:37 PM PDT

Place

Portland (Google, OSM)

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What

Funerary Dagger (Acronicta funeralis)

Observer

zootiee

Date

July 31, 2023 11:17 AM PDT

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brnhn

Date

July 29, 2023 12:24 PM PDT

Description

Preying on some type of stink bug

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What

Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos ssp. horribilis)

Observer

philly96

Date

June 2023

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What

American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)

Observer

philly96

Date

December 22, 2022 03:47 PM PST

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abnormalshrimp

Date

September 15, 2022 05:43 PM PDT

Description

found on some willow-herb in a wetland, displaying this butt-up posture! dispersing pheromones?? also has a few mites to do the washing up after a delicious meal of rotting flesh

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What

American Hornet Moth (Sesia tibiale)

Observer

cullin

Date

August 23, 2022 05:44 PM PDT

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What

Greene's Giant Ichneumonid Wasp (Megarhyssa greenei)

Observer

heidinoordijk

Date

August 23, 2022 11:33 AM PDT

Description

 a species native to the eastern US but introduced into the PNW and first detected in Oregon in 2018. It is spreading in Portland and may be the reason you’re seeing more

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What

Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees (Genus Megachile)

Observer

pdx_pika

Date

August 9, 2022 02:01 PM PDT

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What

Funerary Dagger (Acronicta funeralis)

Observer

robertniese

Date

August 6, 2022 01:50 PM PDT

Description

On red huckleberry (Vaccinium parvifolium)