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Subject Index
other insects | other animals | succulents | vines | native annuals | misc.


BUTTERFLIES & MOTHS

caterpillar
caterpillar
caterpillar
caterpillar, black swallowtail
caterpillar, black swallowtail
caterpillar, Gulf fritillary
caterpillar, monarch
caterpillar, pipevine swallowtail
caterpillar, puss
caterpillar, queen
caterpillar, sphinx
caterpillar, woolly bear
Gulf fritillary
hairstreak, great purple
hairstreak, red-banded
heliconid
hornworm
hornworm
leopard moth
monarch
queen butterfly
red admiral
snout butterfly
sphinx moth
swallowtail, black
swallowtail, giant
swallowtail, giant
swallowtail, tiger
Zebra butterfly

OTHER INSECTS

ant mimic
antlion
aphid
beetle larvae
blue grub
borer longhorn beetle larva
bug, assassin
bug, assassin
bug, broad-headed
bug, coreid
bug, green stink
bug, milkweed
bug, wheel
bug, yucca plant
bug, yucca plant
bumblebee
caterpillar hunter
cicada
cottonwood leaf beetle larva
damselfly
desert firetail
dragonfly
fiery searcher
fly, crane
fly, deer
fly, long-legged
fly, robber
fly, robber
fly, syrphid
green June beetle
grubs
honeybee
lacewing
ladybug
leafhopper
mantisfly
mealy bug
mosquito
owlfly
ox beetle grub
praying mantis
praying mantis
praying mantis
praying mantis
round-headed borer
sawfly larvae
scale insects
spittlebug
three-cornered alfalfa hopper larva
tortoise beetle larva
walking stick
wasp, cuckoo
wasp, gall
wasp, paper
wasp, red
wasp, solitary
water strider
weevil, acorn
weevil, agave
weevil, agave
weevil, oak leaf roll
wireworm

FLOWERS

amaranthus
asparagus fern
azalea
bearded iris
begonia, hardy
begonia, strawberry
bird-of-paradise shrub
bog sage
butter-and-eggs
castor bean
columbine
cosmos
daffodil
dicliptera
dusty miller
Easter lily
English daisy
English daisy
fairy water lily
fennel
fennel
fennel
foldwing
four o'clock
grape hyacinth
grape hyacinth
grass
harlequin flower
henbit
hoja santa
hyacinth
indigo spires
justicia
lamb's-ear
lantana
lemon verbena
liriope
little jewel
majestic sage
Mexican bush sage
Mexican petunia
Mexican sage
Mexican sunflower
Mexican sunflower
mint, mountain
mint, woolly apple
mondo grass
orange plume
oxalis
pavonia
Persian shield
plumbago
primrose jasmine
purple heart
purple heart
purple moon flower
rootbeer plant
rose
rosemary
ruellia
shrimp plant
spearleaf swampmallow
speedwell
split-leaf philodendron
straggler daisy
sunflower
tulip
verbena
wandering Jew
wandering Jew
water hyacinth
zinnia

SUCCULENTS

agave, American
agave, mescal
aloe
cactus, bishop's cap
cactus, button
cactus flowers
cactus, lace
cactus, prickly pear
carrion flower
cholla
dwarf chin
kalanchoe
lechuguilla
orange bulbine
pork and beans
sedum
Texas pride

MISC.

birds' nest fungus
bolete
coontie
cycad
fern, holly
fern, water
fern, wood
horsetail
pond
sago palm

NATIVE PERENNIALS

antelope-horns
ball moss
beebalm
bird pepper
black-footed daisy
boneset
branched foldwing
bristly mallow
butterflyweed
butterflyweed
cenizo
copper canyon daisy
coralberry
Dakota vervain
dandelion
dayflower
death camas
delta arrowhead
dicliptera
Engelmann daisy
Engelmann's salvia
false mint
flame acanthus
four-nerve daisy
foxglove
frog-fruit
frostweed
goldenrod
grass
grass, Johnson
ironweed
jimsonweed
larkspur
liatris
Maximilian sunflower
Mexican Hat
milkweed
milkweed
nandina
pavonia
pequin
pigeonberry
plateau golden-eye
purple cone flower
purple mist flower
purple prairie clover
rain-lily
rock rose
sage, big red
sage, cedar
sage, cherry
sage, giant blue
sage, lyre-leaf
sage, tropical
salvia
salvia
salvia
showy primrose
Simpson rosinweed
skeleton plant
spiderwort
swanflower
ten-petal anemone
Texas silverleaf
Texas vervain
Turk's cap
velvetleaf mallow
violet ruellia
water pennywort
wax mallow
white gaura
white water lily
wild bergamot
wild garlic
wild mudwort
wild onion
wild onion
wine-cup
yarrow
yellow bells
yellow flag
zexmenia
zizotes milkweed

NATIVE ANNUALS

baby blue-eyes
basketflower
beggar's tick
black-eyed Susan
bluebonnet
blue-curls
clammyweed
common sunflower
false dayflower
gaillardia
horsemint
mullien
painted daisy
partridge pea
plains coreopsis
purslane
snow-on-the-prairie
Texas dandelion
tooth-leaf poinsettia
wild poinsettia

TREES & SHRUBS

agarita
Anacacho orchid tree
arborvitae
ash juniper
bald cypress
beautyberry
chinaberry
Chinese parasol tree
Chinese tallow tree
coral tree
crape myrtle
desert willow
false indigo
flowery senna
goldenball lead-tree
loquat
Mexican buckeye
mimosa
mountain cedar
poverty weed
pyracantha
redbud
retama
rose of Sharon
Texas mountain laurel
vitex
yellow senna

VINES

air potato
balsam gourd
bindweed
cat brier
coral vine
cypress vine
Dutchman's pipe
English ivy
honeysuckle, coral
honeysuckle, Japanese
hyacinth bean
ivy treebine
kidney grass
morning glory, perennial
mustang grape
passionflower
passionflower
peppervine
pipevine
scarlet clematis
scarlet pea
sensitive brier
snailseed vine
snapdragon vine
trumpet creeper
vetch
Virginia creeper
yellow passionflower

OTHER ANIMALS

anole
anole
blue jay
flatworm
fledgling
fox squirrel
killdeer
land snail
Mediterranean gecko
mockingbird
opossum
pillbug
scud
slug
snake, black-necked garter
snake, blotched water
snake, coral
snake, diamondback water
snake, hognose
snake, Texas blind
snake, water moccasin
sowbug
spider, argiope
spider, argiope
spider, argiope
spider, crab
spider, crab
spider, green lynx
spider, green lynx
spider, green lynx
spider, green lynx
spider, green lynx
spider, jumping
spider, long-jawed orb weaver
spider, orb weaver
spider, spiny-backed
spider web
spider web
spider, wolf
toad
white-winged dove


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