Flipped the board and there he was. Didn’t go back for a pic. Reporting because this is directly next to a new housing development and I’m sure kids will be playing in these fields (where there are sensitive vernal pool areas).

This one has forgotten his/her lichen pyjamas...on a very grey, rainy day, in a break in the rain, I noticed a straw-coloured scrap of forest matter on the fence and thought I'd better check it out. In the gloom I couldn't see what it was but thought maybe a different case-moth from usual, so I snapped two photos anyway as it began to rain...when I looked on the computer, I was thrilled and rushed back outside in the rain to see if it was still there, but it had gone, so no chance of better photos. Really glad to see this one as it means these fascinating beetles are still here.

holotype and only known specimen (as of March 2021); photos taken immediately, snake had just died in the bag but color was still apparent (first three pics), plus some photos of preserved specimen to show pattern

An extremely rare species, I've been hoping to see it for ages. I only know of 4 sightings in WA in the past 40-odd years. All of the records on ALA are from the eastern states as well, and most of the records here are from further east or south. According to Slipinskis' paper on Lamiinae only pentheoides is present in WA. I'm super excited to finally have found this species!

This is the first known specimen of ridgenose rattlesnake from the Peloncillo Mtns. This snake was given to me by NM Game and Fish, as I was studying obscurus on a grant from them at the time. This was a gravid female that delivered six offspring some months after capture.