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Mammals


shrew Longview, WA	shrew Longview, WA	vole Longview, WA	rabbit Lake Crescent, Olympic NP


chipmunk Mt. Rainer NP	Douglas' squirrel Lake Crescent, Olympic NP	Eastern gray squirrel Longview, WA	squirrel


golden-mantled ground squirrel Mt. Rainer NP	marmot Mt. Rainer NP	pika Mt. Rainer NP	black bear Larch Mtn. Trail, OR


deer San Juan Island, WA	black-tail (mule) deer Elwha River, Olympic NP	black-tail (mule) deer Ridgefield, WA	black-tail (mule) deer Ridgefield, WA


Columbia white-tail deer Ridgefield NWR	mountain goat Mt. Rainer NP	coyote Longview, WA	otter Lake Crescent, WA


nutria Ridgefield NWR	nutria Ridgefield NWR	beaver Willow Grove - Cowlitz Co, WA	beaver Willow Grove - Cowlitz Co, WA

Reptiles


garter snake Ridgefield NWR	garter snake Ridgefield NWR	garter snake Ridgefield NWR	garter snake Wake Robin - Longview, WA


painted turtles Ridgefield NWR	painted turtles Ridgefield NWR	Northern alligator lizard Cowlitz Co., WA

Amphibians


bull frog Longview drainage ditch Cowlitz County, WA	frog tadpole Tiger Lily pond Clark County, WA	red-legged frog East Fork Lewis River Clark County, WA	frog Columbia Gorge, OR


Pacific treefrog Longview, WA	Northwestern Salmander eggs Battle Ground, WA	Northwestern Salmander Longview, WA	Northwestern Salmander Longview, WA


ensatina Longview, WA	ensatina Longview, WA	roughskin newt Clark Co., WA	roughskin newt Clark Co., WA

Fish


coho salmon caught ocean fishing at mouth of Columbia River	salmonid fry E. Fork Lewis River Clark Co., WA	sculpin E. Fork Lewis River Clark Co., WA	dace E. Fork Lewis River Clark Co., WA


3 spine stickleback Willow Grove Park Cowlitz Co. Columbia River July 2009

Insects

Beetles (Order Coleoptera)


house fly & seven-spotted ladybird beetle Mt. Rainier NP, WA	seven-spotted ladybird beetle Cowlitz Co., WA August 2010	ladybird beetle Grand Coulee, WA July 2012


beetle Longview, WA	black lampyrid Ellychnia hatchi Longview, WA	ten-lined June beetle Kelso, WA


beetle Hood Canal, WA	banded alder borer Rosalia funebra Longview, WA	long-horned beetle Cowlitz Co., WA August 2010	long-horned beetle Longview, WA


long-horned beetle Longview, WA	long-horned beetle Mt. Rainier NP, WA July 2010	long-horned beetle Mt. Rainier NP, WA July 2010

Flies (Order Diptera)


fly Columbia Gorge, OR	flower fly Mt. Rainier NP, WA	flower fly Cowlitz Co., WA August 2010	flower fly Hood Canal, WA


flower fly Hood Canal, WA	flower fly Saddle Mt., OR	fly Coumbia Gorge, OR	green house fly Grand Coulee, WA July 2012


midge Longview, WA

Mayflies (Order Ephemeroptera)


mayfly Longview, WA	mayfly Longview, WA

True Bugs, Hoppers, Stinkbugs & Aphids (Order Hemiptera)


assassin bug Grand Coulee, WA July 2012	hopper Longview, WA	spittlebug nymph's protective covering Longview, WA	spittlebug Longview, WA


green stink bug Acrosternum hilaris Longview, WA	stink bug Longview, WA	stink bug Longview, WA	stink bug Longview, WA


western boxelder bug Boisea rubrolineatus Longview, WA	western boxelder bug - nymph Boisea rubrolineatus Longview, WA	western boxelder bug - nymph Boisea rubrolineatus Longview, WA	unknown insect nymph Longview, WA


aphids on cleavers stem Longview, WA	ants & aphids Longview, WA

link: BugGuide.Net

Ants & Bees (Order Hymenoptera)


ants & aphids Longview, WA	western thatching ants Ridgefield, WA


bee Longview, WA	bee Longview, WA	bee Saddle Mt., OR	bee Saddle Mt., OR


bee Cowlitz Co., WA August 2010	bee Cowlitz Co., WA August 2010	bee Cowlitz Co., WA August 2010	?? Mt. Rainier NP, WA

Butterflies & Moths (Order Lepidoptera)


butterflyfly Saddle Mt., OR	butterfly Cowlitz Co., WA August 2010	polyphemus moth antheraea polyphemus Battle Ground, WA	polyphemus moth antheraea polyphemus Battle Ground, WA


geometer moth family Mesoleuca gratulata Hwy 7 - N. of Morton, WA	moth Cowlitz Co., WA August 2010	moth family: Noctuidae? Longview, WA


moth Cowlitz Co., WA August 2010	moth Longview, WA	(morning-glory) plume moth Pterophoridae family Grand Coulee, WA July 19, 2012


larva Cowlitz Co., WA August 2010	banded woollybear larva Pyrrharctia isabella Longview, WA	yellow-spotted tiger moth Lophocampa maculata Longview, WA	Longview, WA

link: Butterflies & Moths of North America

Bristletail (Order Microcoryphia)


bristletail order Microcoryphia Longview, WA

Dragonflies/Damselflies (Order Odonata)


skimmer dragonfly Grand Coulee, WA July 2012	narrow-winged damselfly Grand Coulee, WA July 2012

Grasshoppers & Crickets (Order Orthoptera)


grasshopper Grand Coulee, WA July 2012	grasshopper Grand Coulee, WA July 2012

Stoneflies (Order Plecoptera)


stoneflies Mt. Rainier NP, WA

Spiders & Ticks


cross spider Araneus diadematus Longview, WA	Cross Orbweaver Araneus diadematus Longview, WA	spider Longview, WA	spider Cowlitz Co., WA


flower crab spider Misumena vatia Longview, WA	crab spider & bee Hood Canal, WA	flower crab spider Coumbia Gorge, OR	flower crab spider Cowlitz Co., WA


spider Cowlitz Co., WA		tick Goldendale, WA

Millipedes & Centipedes


polydesmoid millipede Harpaphe haydeniana Longview, WA	polydesmoid millipede Longview, WA	polydesmoid millipede Longview, WA	polydesmoid millipede Longview, WA


millipede Longview, WA May 2007	millipede Longview, WA	millipede Longview, WA	centipede Longview, WA

Crustaceans

			more information about: PNW crayfish
bowl of non-native crayfish Grand Coulee, WA July 2012	male crayfish Grand Coulee, WA July 2012	female crayfish Grand Coulee, WA July 2012


dungeness crab Hoods Canal, WA	dungeness crab (male) Hoods Canal, WA	dungeness crab (female) Hoods Canal, WA	decorator crab Outdoor Youth Expo 2007


butterfly crab (top) Cryptolithodes typicus Outdoor Youth Expo 2007	butterfly crab (bottom) Cryptolithodes typicus Outdoor Youth Expo 2007	shrimp Hood Canal, WA	shrimp Hood Canal, WA


pillbug ("sowbug") Longview, WA	sea louse on salmon (a parasitic copepod)

Mollusks


slug unknown Longview, WA June 2007	Pacific banana slug Ariolimax columbianus Clark Co., WA September 2006	Pacific banana slug Ariolimax columbianus Lake Crescent, Olympic NP July 2006	Giant gardenslug Limax maximus Longview, WA July 2007


slug unknown Longvie, WA July 2007	slug unknown Longvie, WA July 2007	slug unknown Hood Canal, WA


snail unknown Mayfield Lake, WA May 2007	Pacific Sideband Monadenia fidelis Longview, WA July 2007	freswater snail (Juga) East Fork Lewis River	freshwater snail East Fork Lewis River


sea clown nudibranch (sea slug) Triopha catalinae Outdoor Youth Expo 2007	razor clam Siliqua patula Long Beach, WA	western pearlshell mussel East Fork Lewis River Clark County, WA	fingernail clam Tiger Lily pond Clark County, WA

Online Resources:

The Living World of Molluscs: Snails & Slugs (molluscs.at)

Echinoderms


sea star & nudibranch Outdoor Youth Expo 2007	sea cucumber Outdoor Youth Expo 2007

Resources & Links

Online PNW Animal Identification Resources:

Evergreen Biota - Identification tools and natural history accounts of the biota of The Evergreen State College.
Field Guides of WA State - Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture
BugGuide.Net - "identification, images & information for insects, spiders & their kin for the United States & Canada"
What's That Bug
Butterflies & Moths of North America
Web images of North AmericanMoth Species
Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands
Oregon Dragonfly & Damselfly Survey
The Dragonfly Woman - reflections, information, and photos from an entomologist (bug scientist)

Published Field Guide/Animal Identification Resources:

Insects of the Pacific Northwest. Peter Haggard & Judy Haggard. Timber Press, Inc.
National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Pacific Northwest. Peter Alden & Dennis Paulson. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc: NY

Note: Most of the images above were taken with either a Panasonic-Lumix DMC-FZ20 or Canon PowerShot digital camera. They were then cropped and enhanced (lighting & contrast) in Adobe Photoshop Elements.

updated: October 2014