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Cowboy beans, often referred to as chuckwagon beans, are a dish from the American Southwest consisting of pinto beans slow-cooked with beef, bacon, or salt pork. The beans are typically simmered in a sweet and savory sauce made with molasses, brown sugar, or barbecue sauce. The dish has its origins...

Pediocactus simpsonii, known as Simpson's Hedgehog Cactus, is a small, globose to spherical cactus native to the western United States. It is found across high-elevation regions from the Rocky Mountains to the Sierra Nevada, frequently growing in sagebrush and pine communities. The species is notabl...

The Great Basin Spadefoot (Spea intermontana) is a species of burrowing amphibian native to the arid and semi-arid regions of the western United States and parts of British Columbia. Adapted to a dry climate, it utilizes a hard, dark, keratinous spade on the underside of each hind foot to excavate d...

Circotettix rabula is a North American band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. Rehn and Hebard described the species in 1906, and “wrangler grasshopper” is its established common name; “cracker grasshopper” is another name used for the item. It is recorded in open, sparsely vegetated settin...

The Speckled Rangeland Grasshopper, Arphia conspersa, is a North American band-winged grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It was described by Scudder in 1875 and is associated with the grasshopper fauna of rangeland environments, particularly in western North America. The species is relevant to fie...

Sticky currant, or Ribes viscosissimum, is a shrub native to parts of western North America, including the Rocky Mountain region. Its leaves and stems have glandular hairs that give the plant a sticky texture, while its flowers develop into dark berries. The fruit is edible and has been used as food...

The western pine beetle (Dendroctonus brevicomis) is a bark beetle native to western North America. It primarily attacks ponderosa pine, especially large or stressed trees, and breeds beneath the bark. Populations can increase during drought and other periods of tree stress, allowing infestations to...

Bigelow's grasshopper, Melanoplus bigeloviae, is a North American spur-throated grasshopper in the family Acrididae. It belongs to Melanoplus, a large genus that includes many grasshopper species associated with grasslands, shrublands, and other open habitats, including species regarded as agricultu...

The Douglas-fir beetle, Dendroctonus pseudotsugae, is a bark beetle native to western North America and associated primarily with Douglas-fir trees. Adult beetles tunnel through the bark and construct galleries in the inner bark, where eggs are laid and larvae develop. Populations commonly increase...

The Klamath weed beetle is a leaf beetle used in the biological control of St. John's wort, a plant that became invasive in parts of the western United States. It was introduced to the United States during the 1940s as part of efforts to reduce the plant's spread. The beetle is a small amber-colored...

Xanthippus lateritius appears to be an uncertain listing; the red-shanked grasshopper is usually Xanthippus corallipes, named in 1852.

The Pacific flatheaded borer, Chrysobothris mali, is a metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. Adults lay eggs in injured, diseased, or otherwise weakened areas of woody plants, and the larvae tunnel beneath the bark and into cambium tissues. It attacks a range of broadleaf, fruit, nu...

The lead cable borer, Scobicia declivis, is a small false powderpost beetle in the family Bostrichidae found commonly in California and southern Oregon. Its larvae mine dead, seasoned wood and can also attack living hardwoods such as oak. Adults are about 5-6 mm long and are usually dark brown to bl...