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.)
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Alasuku DialictusHavainnoija
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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.
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Havainnoija
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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.
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Elämä (Elämä)Havainnoija
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Rocks exposed when dam lowered water lever, covered with dried water weeds.
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Rilpiöt (Suku Grindelia)Havainnoija
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Sticky gum when touched, curved points on the cup around the flowers. This one doesn't seem to have ray petals.
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Perhoset (Lahko Lepidoptera)Havainnoija
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Small green caterpillar on gumweed.
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Perhoset (Lahko Lepidoptera)Havainnoija
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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.)
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Perhoset (Lahko Lepidoptera)Havainnoija
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Tan cat with lengthwise stripes on gumweed.
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