1 - Nisquallia olympica just emerged nymph, first instar.

06/25/2014 Upper Wolf Creek Trail, Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park, Washington

2 - Nisquallia olympica nymph feeding on Davidson’s Penstemon flower Penstemon davidsonii. This is an early instar about 6 mm long. Adult females are about 25 mm long.

06/23/2009 Blue Mountain/Deer Park, Olympic National Park

3 - Nisquallia olympica nymph feeding on Davidson’s Penstemon flower, full frame to show the whole flower.

06/23/2009 Blue Mountain/Deer Park, Olympic National Park

4 - Nisquallia olympica nymph feeding on Davidson’s Penstemon flower. The same individual shown in slides 2 and 3.

06/23/2009 Blue Mountain/Deer Park, Olympic National Park

5 - Nisquallia olympica nymph photographed a few feet from the edge of melting snow.

07/03/2009 Obstruction Point Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

6 - Nisquallia olympica nymph photographed a few feet from the edge of melting snow. The is the same individual as in slide 5.

07/03/2009 Obstruction Point Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

7 - Nisquallia olympica nymph on Piper’s Bellflower Campanula piperi, an endemic flower of the Olympic mountains.

07/03/2009 Obstruction Point Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

8 - Nisquallia olympica nymph photographed near the edge of melting snow.

07/23/2010 Obstruction Point Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

9 - Nisquallia olympica nymph photographed near the edge of melting snow. Probably the same individual as in slide 8.

07/23/2010 Obstruction Point Area, Olympic National Park, Washington

10 - Nisquallia olympica nymphal exuvia, front and side views. The external skeleton splits along the back as the nymph emerges.

09/04/2011 Specimen collected Sunrise Ridge Trail, Olympic National Park, Washington

11 - Nisquallia olympica nymph. Scan of an Ektachrome slide.

June 1985 Blue Mountain/Deer Park, Olympic National Park