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The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Fauna Project

The sun peeked through the clouds only at the end of a very overcast and cool morning as four participants completed this week's survey. Cuckoo wasps are so named because they lay their eggs in the nests of other solitary wasps and bees. When the cuckoo wasp grub hatches, it kills the host's eggs or young and feeds on the stored food.

Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings:


Unknown sp. (cuckoo wasp)
photo by Val Bugh


Chalybion sp. (blue mud dauber)
photo by Val Bugh


Stagmomantis carolina (Carolina mantis hatchling)
photo by Val Bugh


Araneus bicentenarius (giant lichen orbweaver)
photo by Val Bugh


Poecilognathus sp. (bee fly)
photo by Val Bugh


Acanalonia laticosta (planthopper nymph)
photo by Val Bugh


Sinea sp. (spined assassin bug)
photo by Val Bugh


Chinavia hilare (green stink bug)
photo by Val Bugh


Thyanta custator (stink bug nymph)
photo by Val Bugh


Lema daturaphila (three-lined potato beetle)
photo by Val Bugh


Euclea incisa (oak slug moth)
photo by Val Bugh


Macalla zelleri (Zeller's macalla)
photo by Val Bugh


Galasa nigrinodis (boxwood leaftier moth)
photo by Val Bugh


Glaphyria sequistrialis (white-roped glaphyria)
photo by Val Bugh


Lycia ypsilon (woolly gray larva)
photo by Val Bugh


Papilio polyxenes (black swallowtail larva)
photo by Val Bugh


Phyciodes tharos (pearl crescent)
photo by Val Bugh


Erynnis horatius (Horace's duskywing)
photo by Val Bugh


Eurema lisa (little yellow)
photo by Val Bugh


Ululodes macleayanus (owlfly)
photo by Val Bugh

  • Birds:
    Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
    Black-crested Titmouse (Baeolophus atricristatus)
    Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
    Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
    Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
    Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria)
    Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
    Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
    Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
    Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
    Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)
    White-eyed Vireo (Vireo griseus)
    White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
    Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
    Yellow-throated Warbler (Dendroica dominica)

  • Mammals:
    Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
    Hispid Cotton Rat (Sigmodon hispidus)

  • Amphibians:
    Blanchard's Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans blanchardi)

  • Misc.:
    Garden Snail (Otala lactea)
    Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata)
    Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus)
    Harvestman (Unknown sp.)

  • Insects & Spiders:
    orderfamilygenus/speciescommon name

    lepidoptera  nymphalidae  Junonia coenia  Common Buckeye
        Danaus gilippus  Queen
        Chlosyne lacinia  Bordered Patch (larva)
        Phyciodes tharos  Pearl Crescent
        Asterocampa clyton  Tawny Emperor
        Libytheana carinenta  American Snout
      pieridae  Nathalis iole  Dainty Sulphur
        Eurema lisa  Little Yellow
        Eurema nicippe  Sleepy Orange
        Phoebis sennae  Cloudless Sulphur
      lycaenidae  Hemiargus isola  Reakirt's Blue
        Strymon melinus  Gray Hairstreak
        Satyrium favonius  Oak Hairstreak
        Callophrys gryneus  Juniper Hairstreak
        Atlides halesus  Great Purple Hairstreak
      papilionidae  Papilio polyxenes  Black Swallowtail (larva)
        Papilio cresphontes  Giant Swallowtail (pupa & larva)
      hesperiidae  Pyrgus communis/albescens  Common/White Checkered-skipper
        Erynnis horatius  Horace's Duskywing
      noctuidae  Ponometia candefacta  Olive-shaded Bird Dropping Moth
        Tarache quadriplaga  Bird Dropping Moth
        Plusiodonta compressipalpis  Moonseed Moth
        Melipotis indomita  Moth
        Tetanolita mynesalis  Smoky Tetanolita
        Heliothis virescens  Tobacco Budworm (larva)
      arctiidae  Estigmene acrea  Saltmarsh Moth (larva)
        Cisthene barnesii  Lichen Moth
        Hypoprepia miniata  Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth
      saturniidae  Hyalophora cecropia  Cecropia Moth (larva)
      geometridae  Cyclophora nanaria  Dwarf Tawny Wave
        Lobocleta ossularia  Drab Brown Wave
        Lobocleta peralbata  White Wave
        Pimaphera percata  Moth
        Nematocampa resistaria  Horned Spanworm Moth
        Nemoria zygotaria  Emerald
        Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria  Blackberry Looper (larva)
        Lycia ypsilon  Woolly Gray (larva)
      crambidae  Uresiphita reversalis  Genista Caterpillar (larva)
        Eustixia pupula  Spotted Peppergrass Moth
        Diastictis fracturalis  Moth
        Microtheoris vibicalis  Moth
        Mimoschinia rufofascialis  Moth
        Glaphyria sequistrialis  White-roped Glaphyria
      pyralidae  Parachma ochracealis  Moth
        Galasa nigrinodis  Boxwood Leaftier Moth
        Adelphia petrella  Moth
        Macalla zelleri  Zeller's Macalla
      tortricidae  Pseudexentera knudsoni  Leafroller Moth
      oecophoridae  Inga cretacea  Chalky Inga
      gelechiidae  Aristotelia sp.  Moth
        Battaristis sp.  Moth
        Isophrictis similiella  Moth
      lacturidae  Lactura sp.  Moth (adult & larva)
      glyphidoceridae  Glyphidocera lactiflosella  Five-spotted Glyphidocera
      acrolophidae  Acrolophus mortipennella  Tubeworm Moth
        Acrolophus texanella  Tubeworm Moth
      limacodidae  Euclea incisa  Oak Slug Moth
      xyloryctidae  Neoscythris fissirostris  Moth

    coleoptera  coccinellidae  Hippodamia convergens  Convergent Ladybird (adult & larva)
        Cycloneda sanguinea  Red Ladybird
        Coccinella septempunctata  Seven-spotted Ladybird (adult & larva)
      chrysomelidae  Diabrotica undecimpunctata  Spotted Cucumber Beetle
        Brachypnoea sp.  Leaf Beetle
        Lema trabeata  Leaf Beetle
        Lema daturaphila  Three-lined Potato Beetle
        Asphaera lustrans  Flea Beetle
      elateridae  Melanotus sp.  Click Beetle
      tenebrionidae  Eleodes goryi  Darkling Beetle
      carabidae  Lebia viridis  Ground Beetle
      lampyridae  Photinus sp.  Firefly
      curculionidae  Epicaerus sp.  Broad-nosed Weevil

    hemiptera  coreidae  Chelinidea tabulata  Opuntia Bug
        Leptoglossus phyllopus  Eastern Leaf-footed Bug
        Leptoglossus sp.  Leaf-footed Bug (nymph)
        Hypselonotus punctiventris  Coreid Bug
        Acanthocephala terminalis  Coreid Bug (nymph)
      alydidae  Hyalymenus tarsatus  Texas Bow-legged Bug
      miridae  Lopidea major  Plant Bug
        Halticotoma valida  Yucca Plant Bug (adult & nymph)
        Hesperolabops gelastops  Cactus Plant Bug (adult & nymph)
      rhopalidae  Harmostes sp.  Scentless Plant Bug
      lygaeidae  Oncopeltus fasciatus  Large Milkweed Bug
      reduviidae  Zelus tetracanthus  Four-spined Assassin Bug
        Sinea sp.  Spined Assassin Bug
        Apiomerus spissipes  Bee Assassin
      tingidae  Teleonemia sp.  Lace Bug
      pentatomidae  Chinavia hilare  Green Stink Bug
        Euschistus sp.  Stink Bug (nymph)
        Euschistus servus  Brown Stink Bug
        Thyanta custator  Stink Bug (nymph)

    homoptera  cicadellidae  Neokolla dolobrata  Leafhopper
        Cuerna costalis  Leafhopper
        Homalodisca sp.  Sharpshooter (nymph)
      acanaloniidae  Acanalonia laticosta  Planthopper
      cercopidae  Clastoptera sp.  Spittlebug
      issidae  Thionia acuta  Planthopper
        Dictyonissus griphus  Planthopper (nymph)

    hymenoptera  apidae  Apis mellifera  Honey Bee
        Bombus pensylvanicus  Bumble Bee
      megachilidae  Megachile sp.  Leaf-cutter Bee
      halictidae  Halictus sp.  Sweat Bee
        Lasioglossum sp.  Sweat Bee
      andrenidae  Protandrena sp.  Bee
      vespidae  Polistes exclamans  Paper Wasp
        Vespula squamosa  Southern Yellowjacket (queen)
      sphecidae  Chalybion sp.  Blue Mud Dauber
      chrysididae  Unknown sp.  Cuckoo Wasp

    diptera  syrphidae  Copestylum mexicanum  Black Flower Fly
        Allograpta obliqua  Flower Fly
        Ocyptamus fascipennis  Flower Fly
      asilidae  Atomosia sp.  Robber Fly
        Polacantha sp.  Robber Fly
      bombyliidae  Poecilognathus sp.  Bee Fly
      dolichopodidae  Condylostylus sp.  Long-legged Fly
      calliphoridae  Lucilia sp.  Blow Fly
      lauxaniidae  Neodeceia sp.  Lauxaniid Fly

    odonata  coenagrionidae  Ischnura ramburii  Rambur's Forktail
        Argia immunda  Kiowa Dancer

    orthoptera  acrididae  Melanoplus differentialis  Differential Grasshopper (nymph)
        Melanoplus flabellatus  Dallas Short-winged Grasshopper
        Lactista aztecus  Aztec Bandwing (adult & nymph)
        Chortophaga viridifasciata  Northern Green-striped Grasshopper (nymph)
        Mermiria sp.  Slant-faced Grasshopper (nymph)
      tettigoniidae  Scudderia furcata  Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (nymph)
        Dichopetala catinata  Spoon-tailed Short-winged Katydid (nymph)
        Conocephalus strictus  Straight-lanced Meadow Katydid (nymph)
      gryllidae  Oecanthus sp.  Tree Cricket (nymph)

    mantodea  mantidae  Stagmomantis carolina  Carolina Mantis (nymph)

    blattodea  polyphagidae  Arenivaga sp.  Sand Roach

    neuroptera  ascalaphidae  Ululodes macleayanus  Owlfly
      myrmeleontidae  Myrmeleon sp.  Antlion

    araneae  thomisidae  Mecaphesa sp.  Crab Spider
      anyphaenidae  Hibana sp.  Ghost Spider
      miturgidae  Cheiracanthium inclusum  Sac Spider
      salticidae  Pelegrina galathea  Peppered Jumper
        Anasaitis canosa  Jumping Spider
        Metacyrba taeniola  Jumping Spider
      araneidae  Araneus bicentenarius  Giant Lichen Orbweaver

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