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Land Invertebrates


Slugs and snails

Pacific banana slug (Ariolimax columbianus)

Pacific banana slug (Ariolimax columbianus)

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Beaded lancetooth (Ancotrema sportella)

Northwest hesperian (Vespericola columbianus)

Northwest hesperian (Vespericola columbianus)

Yellow-bordered taildropper (Prophysaon foliolatum)

Yellow-bordered taildropper (Prophysaon foliolatum)


Spiders

Slender crab spider (Tibellus oblongus)

Slender crab spider (Tibellus oblongus)

Goldenrod crab spider, flower crab spider, red-spotted crab spider (Misumena vatia)

Goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia)


Insects

Huckleberry grasshopper (Melanoplus fasciatus)

Huckleberry grasshopper
(Melanoplus fasciatus)

Camel Cricket (Pristoceuthophilus celatus)

Camel Cricket
(Pristoceuthophilus celatus)

Reakirt's copper (Lycaena mariposa)

Reakirt's copper
(Lycaena mariposa)

Damselfly (Enallagma spp.)

Damselfly (Enallagma spp.)

Red cross shield bug (Elasmostethus cruciatus)

Red cross shield bug (Elasmostethus cruciatus)

Stink bug (Banasa dimidiata)

Stink bug
(possibly Banasa dimidata)

Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)

Thick-legged hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)

Melanostoma mellinum

Melanostoma mellinum

Sweat bee (Halictus rubicundus)

Sweat bee
(Halictus rubicundus)

Fuzzy-horned bumble bee, orange-belted bumble bee (Bombus mixtus)

Fuzzy-horned bumble bee (Bombus mixtus)

Cutworm moth (Feralia comstocki)

Cutworm moth
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(Feralia comstocki)

Spotted tussock moth (Lophocampa maculata)

Spotted tussock moth (Lophocampa maculata)

Fireweed clearwing moss (Albuna pyramidalis)

Fireweed clearwing moss (Albuna pyramidalis)

Giant water bug (Lethocerus americanus)

Giant water bug (Lethocerus americanus)

Long-horned beetle (​Plectrura spinicauda)

Plectrura spinicauda

Pictured rove beetle (Thinopinus pictus)

Pictured rove beetle (Thinopinus pictus)

Pterostichus lama

Pterostichus lama

Cychrus tuberculatus

Cychrus tuberculatus

Scolopocryptops spinicaudus

Scolopocryptops spinicaudus

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