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The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Fauna Project

In spite of overcast conditions, warming temperatures are bringing out the cold-blooded vertebrates as well as the invertebrates. Although the two of us present this time spent very little time observing birds, we did enjoy the antics of ribbon snakes and a green anole. A young rattlesnake was found in the courtyard, but we only heard about it later. There is a notable increase in caterpillars since last week.

Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings:


Costaconvexa centrostrigaria (bent-line carpet)
photo by Val Bugh


Calosoma scrutator (caterpillar hunter)
photo by Val Bugh


Cnemodus mavortius (seed bug)
photo by Val Bugh


Anolis carolinensis (green anole)
photo by Val Bugh


Cuerna costalis (leafhopper)
photo by Val Bugh


Deidamia inscripta (lettered sphinx caterpillar)
photo by Val Bugh


Unknown sp. (dung fly)
photo by Val Bugh


Anax junius (common green darner, exuviae)
photo by Val Bugh


Unknown sp. (spur-throated grasshopper nymph)
photo by Val Bugh


Hyles lineata (white-lined sphinx caterpillar)
photo by Val Bugh


Unknown sp. (green lacewing)
photo by Val Bugh


Unknown sp. (leafcutter bee damage)
photo by Val Bugh


Megalographa biloba (bilobed looper)
photo by Val Bugh


Pyrausta augustalis (moth)
photo by Val Bugh


Tetragnatha laboriosa (silver long-jawed orbweaver with prey)
photo by Val Bugh


Lobocleta peralbata (white wave)
photo by Val Bugh


Rhinocyllus conicus (weevil)
photo by Val Bugh

  • Birds:
    Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
    White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)

  • Reptiles:
    Redstripe Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis proximus)
    Western Diamondback Rattlesnake (Crotalis atrox)
    Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis)

  • Amphibians:
    Gulf Coast Toad (Bufo valliceps)

  • Insects & Spiders:
    orderfamilygenus/speciescommon name

    lepidoptera  nymphalidae  Vanessa cardui  Painted Lady (larva)
        Asterocampa clyton  Tawny Emperor (larva)
        Junonia coenia  Common Buckeye (larva)
      papilionidae  Papilio polyxenes  Black Swallowtail (larva)
      noctuidae  Galgula partita  The Wedgling
        Melipotis jucunda  Merry Melipotis
        Isogona tenuis  Thin-lined Owlet
        Phosphila miselioides  Spotted Phosphila
        Heliothis virescens  Tobacco Budworm (larva)
        Peridroma saucia  Variegated Cutworm
        Spodoptera ornithogalli  Yellow-striped Armyworm
        Megalographa biloba  Bilobed Looper
        Helicoverpa zea  Corn Earworm
        Chrysodeixis includens  Soybean Looper
      notodontidae  Lochmaeus bilineata  Double-lined Prominent (larva)
      arctiidae  Estigmene acrea  Saltmarsh Caterpillar
      sphingidae  Hemaris diffinis  Snowberry Clearwing (larva)
        Hyles lineata  White-lined Sphinx (larva)
        Deidamia inscripta  Lettered Sphinx (larva)
      geometridae  Lobocleta peralbata  White Wave
        Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria  Blackberry Looper Moth
        Costaconvexa centrostrigaria  Bent-line Carpet
      crambidae  Pyrausta augustalis  Moth
        Urola nivalis  Snowy Urola
        Uresiphita reversalis  Genista Caterpillar Moth
        Udea rubigalis  Celery Leaftier
      pyralidae  Ephestiodes sp.  Moth
      acrolophidae  Acrolophus sp.  Tubeworm Moth
      blastobasidae  Calosima lepidophaga  Moth
      zygaenidae  Harrisina coracina  Grapeleaf Skeletonizer
      ypsolophidae  Ypsolopha unicipunctella  Agarita Slug (larva & cocoon)
      elachistidae  Antaeotricha lindseyi  Bird-dropping Moth
      gelechiidae  Unknown sp.  Moth
      xyloryctidae  Scythris fuscicomella  Moth

    odonata  libellulidae  Unknown sp.  dragonfly (exuviae)
      aeshnidae  Anax junius  Common Green Darner (exuviae)

    diptera  syrphidae  Copestylum avidum  Flower Fly
      scathophagidae  Unknown sp.  Dung Fly
      stratiomyidae  Nemotelus sp.  Soldier Fly

    coleoptera  chrysomelidae  Smaragdina militaris  Leaf Beetle
        Systena sp.  Flea Beetle
        Phyllobrotica limbata  Leaf Beetle
      coccinellidae  Harmonia axyridis  Multi-colored Asian Ladybird (larva)
        Hippodamia convergens  Convergent Ladybird
      cerambycidae  Rhopalophora sp.  Long-horned Beetle
      dermestidae  Anthrenus sp.  Carpet Beetle
      carabidae  Calosoma scrutator  Caterpillar Hunter
      scarabaeidae  Unknown sp.  Scarab
      languriidae  Languria sp.  Lizard Beetle
      curculionidae  Rhinocyllus conicus  Weevil

    hemiptera  miridae  Lopidea major  Plant Bug
        Taedia sp.  Plant Bug
        Halticotoma valida  Plant Bug nymph & adult)
      pentatomidae  Euschistus servus  Brown Stink Bug
      rhyparochromidae  Cnemodus mavortius  Seed Bug
      rhopalida  Liorhyssus hyalinus  Hyaline Grass Bug

    homoptera  cicadellidae  Cuerna costalis  leafhopper (adult & nymph)
        Neokolla uhleri  leafhopper

    hymenoptera  tenthredinidae  Unknown sp.  Common Sawfly (larva)
      Megachilidae  Unknown sp.  Leaf-cutter Bee (leaf damage)

    neuroptera  chrysopidae  Unknown sp.  Green Lacewing

    orthoptera  tettigoniidae  Dichopetala catinata  Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)
      gryllidae  Oecanthus sp.  Tree Cricket (nymph)
      acrididae  Unknown sp.  Spur-throated Grasshopper (nymph)

    araneae  theraphosidae  Aphonopelma sp.  Tarantula (dead)
      tetragnathidae  Tetragnatha laboriosa  Silver Long-jawed Orbweaver
      lycosidae  Rabidosa rabida  Rabid Wolf Spider
      pisauridae  Dolomedes triton  Fishing Spider
      thomisidae  Misumenops sp.  Crab Spider

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