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The Northern Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora) is a medium-sized amphibian native to the Pacific Northwest region of North America. Its range extends from southwestern British Columbia in Canada down through Washington, Oregon, and into northern California. This species is typically found in humid fores...
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 described by Rehn and Hebard in 1906 and commonly known as the wrangler grasshopper.
Speckled Rangeland Grasshopper (Arphia conspersa) is a North American band-winged grasshopper in Acrididae, described by Scudder in 1875.
A Rocky Mountain shrub with glandular sticky foliage, sticky currant produces black berries used as food by Indigenous peoples though the fruit is generally considered unpalatable.
The Western Pine Beetle is an aggressive bark beetle native to the western United States that attacks and kills large ponderosa pines during periods of prolonged drought.
Melanoplus bigeloviae is a North American spur-throated grasshopper in the large genus Melanoplus, a group that includes many crop pest species.
The Douglas-fir Beetle is the most important bark beetle pest of Douglas-fir trees across western North America, typically infesting weakened or windthrown timber stands.
The Klamath Weed Beetle is a small, amber-colored insect introduced to the United States in the 1940s as a highly successful biological control agent for St. John's wort.
Xanthippus lateritius appears to be an uncertain listing; the red-shanked grasshopper is usually Xanthippus corallipes, named in 1852.
The Pacific Flatheaded Borer is a significant insect pest in western North America known for boring into the trunks of fruit trees and occasionally causing tree death.
The lead cable borer (Scobicia declivis), a western North American beetle, became notorious in the early 20th century for boring through lead telephone cable sheathing.
