Below Vantage

There was a huge fire in the sage steppe around the I-90 corridor west of Vantage this year. I drove down to see the results along the road south from Vantage along the Columbia near the Wanapum Dam.

There was a parking area with an exposed beach where I took the photos of the creatures on the gumweed. The wind was stiff, so the flowers were swaying a lot, making good photos nearly impossible. I posted the caterpillars to show they were there, but don't have a lot of hope that they can be identified.

I also drove down into the state park and took some photos there as well.

(Not an exciting post. I use these to group the observations so I can find them when I want to.)

Publicado el 09 de octubre de 2018 por wenatcheeb wenatcheeb

Observaciones

Fotos / Sonidos

Qué

Escarabajos Y Parientes (Orden Coleoptera)

Observ.

wenatcheeb

Fecha

Septiembre 10, 2018 a las 12:22 PM PDT

Fotos / Sonidos

Qué

Abejas Metálicas del Sudor (Subgénero Dialictus)

Observ.

wenatcheeb

Fecha

Septiembre 10, 2018 a las 12:30 PM PDT

Descripción

Smaller bee on what I think is gumweed. Super windy day. These flowers were growing on the beach where the water had covered the rocks and sand earlier in the year.

Fotos / Sonidos

Observ.

wenatcheeb

Fecha

Septiembre 10, 2018 a las 12:34 PM PDT

Descripción

The wind was whipping the flowers about on this exposed stretch of beach. The beach is under water in the early part of the year.

Fotos / Sonidos

Qué

Vida (Vida)

Observ.

wenatcheeb

Fecha

Septiembre 10, 2018 a las 12:20 PM PDT

Descripción

Rocks exposed when dam lowered water lever, covered with dried water weeds.

Fotos / Sonidos

Observ.

wenatcheeb

Fecha

Septiembre 10, 2018 a las 12:34 PM PDT

Descripción

Sticky gum when touched, curved points on the cup around the flowers. This one doesn't seem to have ray petals.

Fotos / Sonidos

Qué

Mariposas Y Polillas (Orden Lepidoptera)

Observ.

wenatcheeb

Fecha

Septiembre 10, 2018 a las 12:24 PM PDT

Fotos / Sonidos

Qué

Mariposas Y Polillas (Orden Lepidoptera)

Observ.

wenatcheeb

Fecha

Septiembre 10, 2018 a las 12:22 PM PDT

Descripción

Small green caterpillar on gumweed.

Fotos / Sonidos

Qué

Mariposas Y Polillas (Orden Lepidoptera)

Observ.

wenatcheeb

Fecha

Septiembre 10, 2018 a las 12:24 PM PDT

Descripción

Seems different from plain green cat shared prior to this? (Windy day, moving flowers so not sharp focus, sharing because of multiple cats seen on this flower.)

Fotos / Sonidos

Qué

Mariposas Y Polillas (Orden Lepidoptera)

Observ.

wenatcheeb

Fecha

Septiembre 10, 2018 a las 12:35 PM PDT

Descripción

Tan cat with lengthwise stripes on gumweed.

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