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Oblong Running Spider (Tibellus oblongus)Observer
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One of the very few spiders that can climb up and over the sides of an old ceramic sink. Found on an outside wall.
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Elateriform Beetles (Infraorder Elateriformia)Observer
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In vegetable garden soil. Maybe a match for this one also in Spokane, a California Broad-necked Darkling Beetle? https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/122241479
@carabid_47, if you are still working on your website, maybe you could add a search for keywords -- in this case larvae? Thank you.
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Cat-faced Orbweaver (Araneus gemmoides)Observer
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I was planning to upload only one observation per species on our property, but I hadn't realized how dramatically coloration and pattern can vary for some. I've already uploaded a plain buff cat-faced and a mixed white and dark brown one. I've read that orbweavers can change from lighter to darker in winter, and also develop certain colors depending on their habitat. But the three very different color variations I have encountered -- they were all in the same area of our yard, and all in September of last year.
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Rustic Wolf Spider (Trochosa ruricola)Observer
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In the house. My favorite kind of spider -- it holds still for photos.
VENTRAL photo: what is the white stuff (kind of crown shaped) at the top of the abdomen?
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American Cellar Spider (Pholcophora americana)Observer
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Tiny, see Q-tip for size. Too delicate to maneuver onto my mm tape and to turn upside down.
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Koch's Wolf Spider (Alopecosa kochi)Observer
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Another Koch's, but different black markings on its abdomen?
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Cat-faced Orbweaver (Araneus gemmoides)Observer
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After having a bite from a cat-faced hurt for a few days, I was hesitant about handling this one for better photos.
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Neriene dignaObserver
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I hesitated uploading this one because the eyes are not in good focus, and this is before I figured out how to take ventral photos. But I haven't had a similar one visit me in the house since.
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Ground Crab Spiders (Genus Xysticus)Observer
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What a gorgeous spider. Another house visitor.
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Rustic Wolf Spider (Trochosa ruricola)Observer
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In the house. My guess, so don't blame AI.
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Masked Shrew (Sorex cinereus)Observer
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Hundreds (thousands?) of holes about 1 1/2 inches on a 3-mile trail. The only comparison I could find between mouse, vole, and shrew holes is that the vole hole is "dime size".
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Western White (Pontia occidentalis)Observer
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On gumweed.
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Valley Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis ssp. fitchi)Observer
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Sorry, I'm too squeamish to get a photo of its underbelly.
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Yellow-bellied Marmot (Marmota flaviventris)Observer
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Ten people with 14 dogs on the wetland trail. All dogs taken off leash after beyond the trailhead security camera.
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Genus DrassyllusObserver
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Drops in ventral photo is water. (I forgot to dry the sink bowl.) But it clearly shows "something" that has to do with genitalia, although I haven't a clue what it is.
This guy/gal was fast! If I hadn't been chasing it down the empty hallway, it would have found a place to hide.
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Cutworms and Dart Moths (Subfamily Noctuinae)Observer
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In the vegetable garden, possibly what has been eating the zucchini leaves.
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Subtribe SpilosominaObserver
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Only one, in the driveway. No others on the nearby trees & shrubs. It was hard to hold on to -- a vigorous wiggler!
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Western Sculptured Pine Borer (Chalcophora angulicollis)Observer
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Many of the ponderosa pines in my 50 year-old neighborhood have wounds oozing sap. But I have yet to see any larva, so don't know which borer species are doing the most damage.
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Rain Beetle (Pterostichus melanarius)Observer
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AI's guess. In the dining room.
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Agonum muelleriObserver
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In the basement, next to the slider. This is a guess, based on the colored iridescence.
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Subgenus LasiusObserver
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I looked at Lasius (iNat's AI suggestion) in @critters_pnw key but I don't know enough of the terms and didn't get macros of the head. Disturbed when I moved a boulder, they were moving sooo fast.
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California Quail (Callipepla californica)Observer
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Although I don't often see them, I heard their chirping often during the spring and assume they nested in the large mass of juniper.
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Beautiful Mantidfly (Leptomantispa pulchella)Observer
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What a gorgeous insect. I've seen it only one time, and that was on the bathroom window!
Released outside unharmed.
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Eschscholtz's Buttercup (Ranunculus eschscholtzii)Observer
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iNat suggested only "Plants." Surely these old photos aren't that bad.
